Qatar to donate a Jumbo jet for Trump's exclusive use as a presidential aircraft, say sources, say sources

Washington – The royal family of Katar donates a jumbo jet for the exclusive use of President Trump as a presidential aircraft, said sources CBS News.

ABC News reported for the first time about the gift, which comes to Qatar as part of his first international trip of his second term.

But the plane, a 747-8, will not yet be ready to serve as Air Force One, and Mr. Trump will not use it to get back from the Middle East to the United States. The aircraft must be checked for safety and spy devices before it is accepted, one of the sources CBS News said.

The aircraft will be donated to the future Trump presidential library shortly before its office was completed.

Ali al-Ansari, Qatar's media attachment to the USA, confirmed CBS News that the possible transmission of an aircraft for temporary use as an Air Force one is considered between the Ministry of Defense between the Defense Ministry of Qatar and the Ministry of Defense, but the matter is checked by the respective legal departments, and no decision was made.

However, Al-Ansar said that the plane was “inaccurate” during this trip.

The press spokesman for the White House, Karoline Leavitt, said on Sunday that “every gift from a foreign government is always fully accepted with all applicable laws. President Trump's government is obliged to complete transparency.”

Qatar has also offered to donate an aircraft to the Ministry of Defense, but the gift is not donated or accepted during this trip to Qatar, said a US official.

Democratic MP Ritchie Torres from New York confirmed CBS News that he has sent a letter to the government responsibility office in which an investigation by the Trump government asked an aircraft as a gift.

“With an estimated value of 400 million US dollars, the Air Palace would represent the most valuable gift that was ever transferred to a president of a foreign government,” he wrote.

Torres asked for an “immediate ethics check of the Qatarian gift” and “a formal advisory opinion about whether the gift violates the federal ethics regulations and the emments clause”.

On Monday, the president leaves on his first big trip abroad of his second term, the Saudi Arabia, Qatar and the United Arab Emirates visit the four-day visit.

Leavitt said on Friday that the journey will concentrate on the “strengthening of relationships between our nations” and that Mr. Trump's first trip was understood in the Middle East in 2017, where he “introduced his brave, peace -friendly foreign policy strategy”.

“Now, eight years later, President Trump will return to emphasize his continued vision for a proud, successful and successful Middle East, in which the United States and the Middle East are in cooperative relationships and is defeated instead of trade and cultural exchange,” said Leavitt.

In an explanation, Qatar's media suit to the USA, Ali al-Ansari, said that the “possible transfer of an aircraft for temporary use as an Air Force is currently being examined, while the Ministry of Defense in Qatar and the Ministry of Defense of the US Department” is determined that “the matter was checked by the respective legal departments and no decision was made”. No decision was made and no decision was made “.”

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