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# Special plane relationship
- URL: https://www.europeans.today/2025/05/21/special-plane-relationship/
- Published: 2025-05-21T00:01:00.000Z
- Updated: 2025-05-29T22:42:04.000Z
- Description: Qatar’s $400 million jet gift to Trump sparks ethics bill in U.S. Senate, as lawmakers question influence motives. | Today’s Political Cartoon.
- Author: TODAY's Cartoons
- Tags: Today's Cartoon, TODAY+

Qatar’s **$400 million** Boeing 747 gift to Donald Trump drew scrutiny from U.S. lawmakers. Prime Minister Al Thani claimed the gesture was standard between allies, denying influence-buying motives. Trump welcomed the aircraft, intended for his presidential library, calling it a “generous offer.”

The move prompted a Senate bill on ethical grounds. The bill would prohibit the use of U.S. taxpayer funds to modify an aircraft owned by a foreign entity for presidential purposes. 

The Trump Administration formally accepted the offer on Wednesday.

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### **GOING FURTHER**

- ###### [Qatar dismisses concerns over offer of aircraft to Trump](https://www.reuters.com/business/aerospace-defense/qatars-offer-747-aircraft-trump-is-normal-thing-that-happens-between-allies-pm-2025-05-20/?ref=europeans.today) | REUTERS
- ###### [Qatari PM denies Trump plane gift is bribery](https://www.politico.eu/article/qatar-defends-jumbo-jet-trump-bribery-allegations-transperancy-air-force-one/?ref=europeans.today) | POLITICO
- ###### [Sources contradict Trump narrative about Qatar offering plane as ‘gift’](https://edition.cnn.com/2025/05/19/politics/trump-adminstration-approached-qatar-jet?ref=europeans.today) | CNN

  
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