US President Donald Trump accepts luxurious Qatari jet despite security, ethical concerns

The US Air Pressure has been requested to discover a approach to quickly improve a luxurious jet accepted as a present from Qatar for it’s used as the brand new Air Pressure One to move President Donald Trump. 

The Boeing 747 jetliner, so luxurious it is called the flying palace, has been accepted by Secretary of Protection Pete Hegseth after the president visited the nation final week.

Qatari officers initially denied the jet was being gifted and as a substitute referred to as it a “possible transfer of an aircraft for temporary use as Air Force One”.

Pentagon spokesperson Sean Parnell stated the Protection Division will “work to ensure proper security measures and functional-mission requirements are considered.”

Democrats have estimated it might value greater than $US1billlion ($1.55 billion) to transform the airplane to Air Pressure One requirements and have sought to dam the handover. 

Authorized consultants have additionally questioned the scope of legal guidelines referring to presents from overseas governments that goal to thwart corruption and improper affect. 

“Today marks a dark day in history: the president of the United States of America officially accepted the largest bribe from a foreign government in American history,” Senate Democratic Chief Chuck Schumer stated.

The “unprecedented action is a stain on the office of the presidency and cannot go unanswered,” he added.

Trump has additionally shrugged off moral issues, saying it might be “stupid” to not settle for the 747-8 jet.

Trump has dismissed issues and stated it might be “stupid” to not settle for the jet. 

Retrofitting the 13-year-old airplane, would require vital safety upgrades, communications enhancements to forestall spies from listening in and the power to fend off incoming missiles, consultants say.

The airplane may want fighter jet escorts and could possibly be restricted to flying contained in the US except expensive safety upgrades have been made, aviation consultants and trade sources stated beforehand.

Democratic Senator Tammy Duckworth stated america has two absolutely operational Air Pressure One jets and has no have to retrofit the Qatari airplane.

The Pentagon has not stated how a lot it should value or how lengthy it should take.

The prices could possibly be vital given the fee for Boeing’s present effort to construct two new Air Pressure One planes is over $US5 billion. 

The present Air Pressure One airplanes entered service in 1990.

The Air Pressure One program has confronted persistent delays over the past decade, with the supply of two new 747-8s slated for 2027, three years behind the earlier schedule.

Trump toured the Qatari Boeing airplane in February at a Florida airport. 

CNN reported this week the Trump administration first approached Qatar to ask about buying a Boeing 747 that could possibly be used as Air Pressure One. 

Trump has stated Qatar reached out and supplied the jet as a “gift.”

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