The Difficulty: Qatar’s reward to President Trump of a $400 million jet to switch the present Air Power One.
The Protection Division shouldn’t settle for Qatar’s airplane and convert it right into a presidential Air Power One (“Is Qatar’s outreach a shady Uncle Rip-off?” Douglas Murray, Might 16).
That Qatari jet will should be torn all the way down to the studs for safety clearance, work that solely Boeing’s consultants can be certified to do. However that may delay Boeing’s work of constructing 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 maintain it after his time period.
This bribe is corruption — plain and easy. If Trump is the billionaire he claims to be, he might purchase the airplane for $400 million along with his personal cash after leaving workplace.
Bruce Joffe
Piedmont, Calif.
That is nothing greater than a blatant try and 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 supply to offer a 747 jet to the US authorities.
These folks relentlessly lie by giving the impression that Trump has already accepted the plane. Each Qatar and the US governments are presently analyzing the legality of such a switch. Each are solely within the “talking” stage and no precise plane switch has but been made.
Earl Beal
Terre Haute, Ind.
There are apparent political and safety issues with Trump accepting the jet Qatar after which holding it for his presidential library after his time period.
However there have additionally been authorized and moral issues. First, some sticklers insist Congress should approve the grift, err, reward. Second, some declare there isn’t a precedent for whether or not Trump retains the jet — however that’s fallacious.
When his time period was over, President Grover Cleveland didn’t take private possession of the Statue of Liberty and transfer it to his presidential library in Caldwell, NJ.
Trump evidently nonetheless believes the airplane might be his, maybe on the idea that should you inform a lie and hold repeating it, folks will ultimately come to imagine it.
Mike Barrett
Ashburn, Va.
If Qatar needs to honor Trump, it ought to equip a number of flying hospitals or flying eye clinics to learn humanity as a complete, along with his title painted prominently on them.
Such plane can be a long-term method of honoring him. It will additionally keep away from any moral issues or violating the emoluments clause.
Bruce Couchman
Ottawa, Canada
The Difficulty: A 70% rise in crime in Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s district amid her latest absence.
It seems that no less than a few of Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s constituents are taking note of her lack of consideration to the wants of her district (“Crime soars 70% in absent AOC’s pcts.” Might 18).
Whereas their perception is gratifying, I doubt it can have an effect on her re-election, or on her standing in her celebration. Those that voted for her are in sync together with her anti-police, anti-Israel and “tax the wealthy” model of socialism.
The truth that she’s a front-runner for 2028 speaks volumes concerning the pathetic state of the celebration.
Robert Mangi
Backyard Metropolis
It simply doesn’t get any higher. There’s an ideal time period right here: Schadenfreude.
AOC’s constituents inflicted a mini-monster on all of us and deserve on daily basis of her incumbency.
To these few souls who didn’t vote for her, I really feel your ache: Now hold a stiff higher lip in hopes that your neighbors would possibly ultimately see the error of their methods.
Mitchell Schwefel
Barnegat, NJ
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