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President Donald Trump ripped an NBC newsman for questioning implicit the Department of Defense accepting a jumbo pitchy from Qatar to service arsenic Air Force One.
"The Pentagon announced that it would beryllium accepting a Qatari pitchy to beryllium utilized arsenic Air Force One," an NBC newsman asked Trump during a property lawsuit during the South African president's sojourn to the White House Wednesday.
"What are you talking about? You know, you ought to get retired of here," Trump responded.
The question regarding the Qatari pitchy was asked instantly pursuing Trump directing his unit to little the lights and amusement video footage of the attraction of achromatic farmers successful South Africa during his gathering with the African nation's president.
The Trump medication began welcoming achromatic Afrikaners from South Africa to the U.S. successful the past week arsenic they look "unjust radical discrimination" successful their location country, according to the administration.
"What does this person to bash with the Qatari jet?" Trump changeable backmost astatine the reporter, believed to beryllium NBC News' Peter Alexander, earlier slamming NBC News for trying to divert the meeting's taxable from genocide successful South Africa.
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U.S. President Donald Trump (R) speaks during a gathering with President of South Africa Cyril Ramaphosa successful the Oval Office of the White House connected May 21, 2025, successful Washington. (Getty Images)
"They're giving the United States Air Force a jet. Okay? And it's a large thing. We're talking astir a batch of different things. It's NBC trying to get disconnected the taxable of what you conscionable saw," Trump said. "You are a existent … you know, you're a unspeakable reporter. Number one, you don't person what it takes to beryllium a reporter. You're not astute enough. But for you to spell into a taxable astir a pitchy that was fixed to the United States Air Force, which is simply a precise bully thing."
"They besides gave $5.1 trillion worthy of concern successful summation to the jet. Go back, you ought to spell backmost to your workplace astatine NBC because, Brian Roberts and the radical that tally that place, they ought to beryllium investigated. They are truthful unspeakable the mode you tally that network. And you are a disgrace. No much questions from you," Trump continued.
"His sanction is Peter something. He's a unspeakable reporter," Trump added arsenic helium began calling connected different reporters for questions.
Fox News Digital reached retired to NBC News for remark connected the substance but did not instantly person a reply.
Fox News confirmed earlier connected Wednesday that the Department of Defense had formally accepted a 747 jetliner from Qatar.
Both Democrats and Republicans person criticized Trump aft helium announced the Department of Defense planned to judge a jumbo pitchy from the authorities of Qatar earlier successful May, arguing the acquisition is riddled with some espionage concerns and law questions.
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A exemplary Boeing-747 is seen connected a array arsenic US President Donald Trump meets with South African President Cyril Ramaphosa successful the Oval Office of the White House successful Washington, DC, connected May 21, 2025. South African President Cyril Ramaphosa meets Donald Trump connected Wednesday amid tensions implicit Washington's resettlement of achromatic Afrikaners that the US president claims are the victims of "genocide." (Photo by Jim WATSON / AFP) (Photo by JIM WATSON/AFP via Getty Images) (Getty Images)
At the bosom of Democrats' interest implicit the substance is the emoluments clause in the Constitution, which states: "No Title of Nobility shall beryllium granted by the United States: And nary Person holding immoderate Office of Profit oregon Trust nether them, shall, without the Consent of the Congress, judge of immoderate present, Emolument, Office, oregon Title, of immoderate benignant whatever, from immoderate King, Prince, oregon overseas State."
It's questionable if the emoluments clause adjacent applies to the president, however, arsenic the Constitution typically stipulates erstwhile a clause specifically affects a president and cites the title, specified arsenic successful the impeachment clause, Hans von Spakovsky, elder ineligible chap astatine the Heritage Foundation's Edwin Meese III Center for Legal and Judicial Studies, antecedently told Fox News Digital.
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"The clause was specifically inserted due to the fact that of concerns by the Founders astatine the Constitutional Convention implicit corruption of our overseas diplomats, particularly by the French government. It is questionable whether the emoluments clause adjacent applies to the president since helium is not named and the Constitution usually names the president erstwhile a proviso applies to him. That is wherefore the impeachment clause specifically provides that it applies to the ‘president, vice president and each civilian officers of the United States.’ If ‘officers’ of the U.S. included the president, determination would beryllium nary request for him to beryllium separately listed," von Spakovsky explained.
Qatar's Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani welcomes President Donald Trump during an authoritative welcoming ceremonial astatine the Amiri Diwan successful Doha, Qatar, Wednesday, May 14, 2025. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
Von Spakovsky said that if the level is simply a government-to-government acquisition – meaning if Qatar talented the level to the Department of Defense and not arsenic a idiosyncratic acquisition to the president – the Trump medication is apt successful the ineligible wide to judge the gift.
"If this acquisition is being considered arsenic a acquisition to the authorities of the U.S., determination is nary ineligible contented to consider, since determination is nary law oregon ineligible occupation with specified a gift. If this is simply a idiosyncratic acquisition to the president, the Justice Department would beryllium weighing the law contented I person raised – whether the emoluments clause adjacent applies to the president," helium said.
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Trump and his medication had antecedently and repeatedly defended that the pitchy would beryllium talented to the Department of Defense, and utilized arsenic a impermanent Air Force One arsenic Boeing has not yet delivered a caller fleet of Air Force ones.
President Trump's determination to judge a $400 cardinal level from Qatar is raising superior eyebrows – adjacent among his staunchest supporters. (Getty Images | iStock)
"We're precise disappointed that it's taking Boeing truthful agelong to physique a caller Air Force One," Trump said during a property league connected cause prices Monday morning. "You know, we person an Air Force One that's 40 years old. And if you instrumentality a look astatine that, compared to the caller level of the equivalent, you know, stature astatine the time, it's not adjacent the aforesaid ballgame."
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"When I archetypal came in, I signed an bid to get (the caller Air Force One fleet) built," helium continued. "I took it implicit from the Obama administration, they had primitively agreed. I got the terms down overmuch lower. And then, erstwhile the predetermination didn't precisely enactment retired the mode that it should have, a batch of enactment was not done connected the level due to the fact that a batch of radical didn't cognize they made alteration orders. That was truthful stupid, truthful ridiculous. And it ended up being a full mess, a existent mess."
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