US accepts Boeing jet from Qatar
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Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has accepted a luxury Boeing 747 jet from Qatar for President Donald Trump to use as Air Force One, the Pentagon said Wednesday, despite ongoing questions about the ethics and legality of taking the expensive gift from a foreign nation.
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has accepted the luxury jet from Qatar for Air Force One, sparking constitutional and ethical concerns over foreign gifts.
An Oklahoma senator claimed during a CNN interview that discussions around the plane dated back to the Biden administration.
Qatar Airways CEO Badr Mohammed Al-Meer has described the decision to select Boeing over Airbus as “a very, very, very, close call.”
The findings come after Trump confirmed earlier this month he was preparing to accept the Boeing 747-8 jumbo luxury jet from Qatar.
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