Defense Department accepts Boeing 747 from Qatar for Trump's use

The Pentagon says Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has accepted a talented Boeing 747 from Qatar for President Donald Trump to usage arsenic Air Force One

WASHINGTON -- Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has accepted a talented Boeing 747 craft from Qatar for President Donald Trump to usage arsenic Air Force One, the Pentagon said Wednesday.

The Defense Department volition “work to guarantee due information measures” connected the craft to marque it harmless for usage by the president, Pentagon spokesperson Sean Parnell said. He added that the level was accepted “in accordance with each national rules and regulations.”

Trump has defended the gift, which came up during his caller Middle East trip, arsenic a mode to prevention taxation dollars.

“Why should our military, and truthful our taxpayers, beryllium forced to wage hundreds of millions of Dollars erstwhile they tin get it for FREE,” Trump posted connected his societal media site during the trip.

Others, however, person raised concerns astir the craft being a usurpation of the Constitution’s prohibition connected overseas gifts. They besides person noted the request to retrofit the level to conscionable information requirements, which would beryllium costly and instrumentality time.

Trump was asked astir the determination Wednesday portion helium was gathering successful the Oval Office with South Africa’s president. “They are giving the United States Air Force a jet,” Trump said.

The Republican president has presented nary nationalist information imperative for a swift upgrade alternatively than waiting for Boeing to decorativeness caller Air Force One jets that person been successful the works for years.

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