Trump accepting the plane from Qatar is a business deal and is UNCONSTITUTIONAL and is a high crime.
Trump accepting the plane from Qatar is a business deal and is UNCONSTITUTIONAL and is a high crime.
"Remember and repeat: Flying Palace."
~ Robert B. Hubbell
#Trump #Qatar #corruption #bribery
/3
https://roberthubbell.substack.com/p/republicans-vote-to-gut-medicaid
"Qatar is not acting out of altruism. It wants policy concessions from the U.S. government to bolster its economic and national security interests. Trump is brazenly exploiting those needs to line his pockets."
~ Judd Legum
Greg Olear asks,
"Why is Qatar giving Trump the big ol’ jet airliner?"
His conclusion:
"Doha is paying tribute—like vassal states of the Roman, Byzantine, and Ottoman Empires did in the Middle East for most of the Anno Domini period. Or, to put it in more modern terms, Qatar is paying protection money to the capo di tutti capi. This is Ralphie giving Tony Soprano his taste."
#Trump #Qatar #corruption #bribery
/1
https://gregolear.substack.com/p/dirty-riyals-a-brief-history-of-trumpqatar
"In 2019, Bondi was a registered lobbyist for Qatar, earning $115,000 a month."
--Heather Cox Richardson
Bondi is the US Attorney General. The one who approved the Qatari jet.
Just let that sink in.
Even as Trump prepared to leave, multiple senators sounded the alarm that none of this was above board.
"This is Trump's #corruption tour of the Mid E," Sen Murphy (D-CT) posted on X. "He's giving favors to nations, and in exchange he is asking not for security concessions for the US..."
"Qatar wants: US weapons; MIL protection; US foreign policy influence in the ME; Favorable trade terms & investment opportunities. Trump wants: bribes..."
-M D'Arrigo
#Bribery #USPol
https://www.rawstory.com/trump-middle-east-2671945884/
There is no such thing as a free plane.
This is illegal for a whole bunch of reasons. Blatant bribe aside, Air Force One is supposed to be built from scratch in the US for fairly obvious security reasons.
But apparently, Donald Trump is above the law.
https://www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/archive/2025/05/trump-qatar-plane-gift/682785/
"the White House is supposed to be beyond reproach or suspicion so its occupant can do the work of the people.
It’s not supposed to be what this White House has now clearly become: the center of an international criminal enterprise, that, just over 100 days in, is already fully steeped in corruption, bribery and grift."
- @jaykuo
An easy bribe is always an easy bribe, no matter what position they are in.
#blackmail
#bribery
#trump
"Trump once claimed he could shoot someone on 5th Avenue and he wouldn’t lose any voters. Apparently, he can also accept the largest bribe in the history of our country and not suffer any consequences from his own party."
~ Jay Kuo
#Trump #Qatar #Boeing #corruption #bribery #bribe #Republicans
/24
"Trump is the most corrupt President in U.S. history. Period. We've never seen anything like this!"
~ Dean Obeidallah
#Trump #Qatar #Boeing #corruption #bribery #bribe
/23
https://deanobeidallah.substack.com/p/trump-is-the-most-corrupt-president
"Let us start by calling this giant luxury plane that Qatar is gifting Donald Trump what it is: a bribe.
Bribe bribe bribe bribe bribe bribe bribe bribe bribe bribe bribe bribe BRIBE."
~ Gary Legum
#Trump #Qatar #Boeing #corruption #bribery #bribe
/20
https://www.wonkette.com/p/qatar-gives-biggest-bestest-plane
"Everywhere you look, there are more deals that look so much like outright bribes that in any other administration they would generate investigations, enormous news coverage, and calls for impeachment."
~ Paul Waldman
#Trump #Qatar #Boeing #corruption #bribery #bribe
/19
https://paulwaldman.substack.com/p/what-trumps-corruption-will-cost
[US Constitution]
"No Title of Nobility shall be granted by the United States: And no Person holding any Office of Profit or Trust under them, shall, without the Consent of the Congress, accept of any present, Emolument, Office, or Title, of any kind whatever, from any King, Prince, or foreign State."
[Associated Press]
`President Donald Trump is ready to accept a luxury Boeing 747-8 jumbo jet as a gift from the ruling family of Qatar during his trip to the Middle East this coming week`
https://apnews.com/article/trump-qatar-gift-jet-air-force-one-7f9afb461c6b3ac16fca3bb0973715ff
[Me]
Remember "Obamafare" — the $100K ticket price (bribe) to fly on the luxury jumbo jet gifted to Obama by the penguins from Heard Island and McDonald Islands? After which Obama signed EOs improving fish flavor by cutting pollution in the Antarctic Ocean?
Armani's C-suite purchased more tickets than other luxury brands, ultimately leading to the Tan Suit Press Conference marketing bonanza. Company execs still brag about the accomplishment and the expense in code, saying they "flew through Chicago's O'Fare Airport"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YmpfQVeMi14&pp=ygUJZGF2ZSBuZWFs
15.50 min. mark : #StephenMiller (a literal KNIOBHEAD) bla-blaing about suspending #HabeasCorpus. This will affect all people living in America if this piece of shit gets his way. There IS no 'invasion', therefore there is no excuse to suspend HabeasCorpus.
SCOTUS...SAID 9 to 0 #BringKilmarAbregoGarcíaBackNow #DUEPROCESS
19.10 min mark: Trump plans to accept plane from #Qatari family. That's illegal and unethical.
#BernieSanders refers to this as '...farcically corrupt' and unconstitutional. #BRIBERY.
24.42 min.mark : Trump: Reached a #tradedeal
#China: That's bullshit
25.40 min. mark: #LeoXIV calls for #ceasefire in #Gaza and #Ukraine
, free all hostages, etc.
"Thirty years ago, I imagine network news would have done a whole show about how our politics was being corrupted by foreign influence, or some such. But given that factfulness has been polarized, we live in a media environment where news companies have business incentives to 'moderate' their language on norm violations — else they risk alienating half of the country."
~ G. Elliott Morris
#Trump #Qatar #Boeing #corruption #bribery #bribe
/16
https://www.gelliottmorris.com/p/how-should-the-media-cover-trumps