May 13, 2025 – US President Donald Trump's Middle East trip

Several Republican senators have expressed concerns about the plans of the Trump government to accept a Qatarian jet for the President in order to finally use Air Force One, which determines the potential for security and legal risks.

Texas Senator John Cornyn CNN said that he assumes that President Donald Trump has a “good legal advice”, so that he is not worried about the constitutionality of the assumption of the free aircraft, but he added: “I have concerns about security problems, although it was built by Boeing, and it is now in San Antonio, my hometown, in San Antonio.”

“I only know that our opponents are quite creative in planting all possible list equipment and other sensors. So I would be very concerned about it,” he said.

South Dakota Senator Mike roundA member of the Senate's secret service shot compared the jet to a Trojan horse.

“This plane is beautiful and it would be great if we could accept it, but there are also security concerns,” he said.

When he was pushed to whether the Jet would violate the constitution against the abroad, which prohibits foreign payments to a seated US president. Alaska Sen. Lisa Murkowski “I think that is exactly the question that has to be asked to determine whether it is a violation.”

She said: “If you get something from this value from a country, you usually believe that there is something for the country that offers it. I think there are certainly many questions.”

In the meantime, Majority leader of the Senate John Thune The potential use of a Qatar Jet for Air Force One as a “hypothetical” continued to exist, but insisted that there will be “a lot of testing” if the plan is going through.

House spokesman Mike Johnson The Qatarian Jet also burdened and said Trump should “carry out a careful check for security concerns”. He added that the gift was not unconstitutional because it is “effectively a gift to the United States, not for the president as an individual”.

This post has been updated with additional details.