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I'd be checking for bugs is what I'd be checking for,
What does it matter if we get a gift? We’ve got gifts from countries around the world before,
We are talking strategy right now, and we will be taking action,
I mean there's just a lot of foreign policy decisions, and I think people will think that it could possibly sway your decision-making process — particularly riding on it every day, you know, and it's a really nice plane,
We’re evaluating our sort of procedural options, but it's very likely going to be that,
he told the Washington Examiner, I think we need to consider options,
she told the Washington Examiner There's no context in which this makes sense. There's no legal justification. There's no moral justification,
Schatz, who is running to become the Senate's next Democratic whip, said We've got to have a debate,
Murphy said, pointing to lucrative business deals in Saudi Arabia and a UAE-linked investment in the Trump family’s cryptocurrency You think he's compromised because he's getting a plane? The president could easily buy it himself, personally, could buy it himself,
The U.S. Constitution prohibits government officials from accepting gifts from any king, prince or foreign state,
the radio host stressed on “The Breakfast Club.” How do we know they can’t just make this plane fall out the sky?”
Trump is able to compartmentalize the Qatar situation
Speaking to Politico on the condition of anonymity, one Trump insider said I think it's a great gesture from Qatar
He then doubled down during a press conference on Monday morning, attacking a reporter from ABC, who broke the story, for questioning his decision, before noting President Trump's Administration is committed to full transparency
White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt railed against suggestions of impropriety, issuing a statement which said The Defense Department is getting a GIFT, FREE OF CHARGE, of a 747 aircraft to replace the 40 year old Air Force One, temporarily, in a very public and transparent transaction, so bothers the Crooked Democrats,
Trump wrote on Truth Social Taking jets from Qatar is not the way