Qatar’s lavish gift for Don: Letters – Latest News
The Issue: Qatar’s gift to President Trump of a $400 million jet to interchange the present Air Force One.
The Defense Department shouldn’t settle for Qatar’s airplane and convert it into a presidential Air Force One (“Is Qatar’s outreach a shady Uncle Scam?” Douglas Murray, May 16).
That Qatari jet will need to be torn down to the studs for security clearance, work that solely Boeing’s consultants can be certified to do. But that may delay Boeing’s work of building two brand-new AF1s.
If the DoD does settle for the airplane in time earlier than President Trump leaves workplace, he shouldn’t be allowed to keep it after his time period.
This bribe is corruption — plain and easy. If Trump is the billionaire he claims to be, he might buy the aircraft for $400 million along with his own money after leaving workplace.
Bruce Joffe
Piedmont, Calif.
This is nothing more than a blatant attempt to bribe a US president on an unheard-of scale.
How hypocritical is that this when he criticized Hillary Clinton for accepting a $425 necklace?
Alan Swartz
Verona, NJ
Leftist media morons have been ragging on Trump all week over Qatar’s offer to supply a 747 jet to the US authorities.
These people relentlessly lie by giving the impression that Trump has already accepted the plane. Both Qatar and the US governments are presently analyzing the legality of such a switch. Both are solely within the “speaking” stage and no precise plane switch has but been made.
Earl Beal
Terre Haute, Ind.
There are apparent political and security issues with Trump accepting the jet Qatar after which preserving it for his presidential library after his time period.
But there have additionally been legal and moral issues. First, some sticklers insist Congress should approve the grift, err, gift. Second, some declare there’s no precedent for whether or not Trump retains the jet — however that’s incorrect.
When his time period was over, President Grover Cleveland didn’t take personal possession of the Statue of Liberty and transfer it to his presidential library in Caldwell, NJ.
Trump evidently nonetheless believes the aircraft will probably be his, maybe on the idea that for those who inform a lie and keep repeating it, people will ultimately come to imagine it.
Mike Barrett
Ashburn, Va.
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If Qatar needs to honor Trump, it ought to equip one or more flying hospitals or flying eye clinics to benefit humanity as a complete, along with his title painted prominently on them.
Such plane can be a long-term approach of honoring him. It would additionally keep away from any moral issues or violating the emoluments clause.
Bruce Couchman
Ottawa, Canada
The Issue: A 70% rise in crime in Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s district amid her current absence.
It seems that at the least some of Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s constituents are being attentive to her lack of consideration to the wants of her district (“Crime soars 70% in absent AOC’s pcts.” May 18).
While their insight is gratifying, I doubt it is going to have an affect on her re-election, or on her standing in her celebration. Those who voted for her are in sync together with her anti-police, anti-Israel and “tax the rich” model of socialism.
The undeniable fact that she’s a front-runner for 2028 speaks volumes concerning the pathetic state of the celebration.
Robert Mangi
Garden City
It simply doesn’t get any higher. There’s a good time period right here: Schadenfreude.
AOC’s constituents inflicted a mini-monster on all of us and deserve daily of her incumbency.
To these few souls who didn’t vote for her, I really feel your ache: Now keep a stiff higher lip in hopes that your neighbors may ultimately see the error of their methods.
Mitchell Schwefel
Barnegat, NJ
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