Democrats and Republicans speak out on Trump’s plan to accept $400m ‘gift’ plane from ‘Hamas-supporting’ Qatar

Democrats and Republicans speak out on Trump's plan to accept $400m 'gift' from QatarSource: AP

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00:00Gift, bribe, call it what you want.

00:02I imagine the government of Qatar would expect a return on this investment in the President

00:09of the United States, so this is ridiculous to think that he can take this airplane.

00:13Well, what I'm concerned is the safety of the President.

00:16I mean, Qatar's not, in my opinion, a great ally.

00:19I mean, they support Hamas, and so what I'm worried about is the safety of the President

00:23of the United States.

00:24Everybody needs to know that Air Force One is not like every other Boeing, and it's going

00:28to have to be put through a lot of paces and probably every square inch analyzed before

00:31I think the President should consider it as primary means of transportation.

00:35This is not only an outrageous example of corruption, which this administration is famous for, but

00:41it is also completely negligent and, as far as I'm concerned, reckless.

00:47To think that Air Force One, where the President is asked to function as our Commander-in-Chief

00:52in a situation room, making life or death decisions, is on a plane given to us by a foreign officer.

00:58Government, with 200 miles of wiring in it, is an indication to me of complete recklessness

01:04on the part of the President.

01:05You're talking about the Department of Defense accepting it?

01:08Yes.

01:09Yeah.

01:10Okay.

01:11I got no problem with that.

01:12I mean, it's made in America, made by Boeing.

01:15I don't think that President Trump, he doesn't need a bribe, okay?

01:20And I think a lot of people are saying that.

01:21That has nothing to do with it.

01:23He needs a newer plane, 40 years old.

01:25I'm sure there will be some money exchanged hands, probably trying to pay for it, trying

01:30to make it official.

01:33We don't like handouts, but at the end of the day, they're trying to be nice with an

01:38American-made product.

01:41Let's go for it.

01:42It's worth the investment here in this country to build a big, beautiful job here in the United

01:47States.

01:48If you want my advice, that would be it.

01:49If you want some advice, that would be it.