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Qatar gifts Trump a $400m jumbo jet

Rob Beschizza
May 12, 2025
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ChatGPT's impression of the new Air Force One

Qatar, the tiny but wealthy monarchy on the Arabian peninsula, has reportedly offered Donald Trump a jumbo jet. Trump, if he accepts it, will use the new plane as Air Force One while he is president, offering a fig leaf of officiality to what is otherwise a naked bribe.

The administration will retrofit the pla…

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