Qatar pushes back on reports of $400M Boeing jet gift to Trump

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

67% : Trump asked Elon Musk to work with them on the project, and an updated timeline of 2027 was given, though the president was insistent that he wants a new plane this year.
63% : Trump toured the plane in February when it was parked at Palm Beach International Airport.
63% : Trump will make his first official foreign trip of his second term this coming week, visiting Saudi Arabia, Qatar, and the United Arab Emirates.
61% : Once modified, Trump will be able to use the aircraft until January 1, 2029, when it will be transferred to the library, less than three weeks before his term ends.
49% : "The possible transfer of an aircraft for temporary use as Air Force One is currently under consideration between Qatar's Ministry of Defense and the U.S. Department of Defense, but the matter remains under review by the respective legal departments, and no decision has been made," Al-Ansari said.
47% : Axios reports that Democratic Rep. Ritchie Torres of New York wrote to the U.S. Government Accountability Office, the acting Department of Defense inspector general, and the Office of Government Ethics requesting a probe into the matter.
46% : Sources told ABC News that lawyers for the White House counsel's office and the Department of Justice drafted an analysis for Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth that concluded it is legal for the Department of Defense to accept the aircraft as a gift and later turn it over to the Trump Presidential Library Foundation.
45% : The full scope of modifications is unknown, but existing planes include radiation shielding, a variety of communications systems, and anti-missile technology.
39% : " Loomer also posted her disapproval: "I love President Trump.
37% : In February, Trump said he was "not happy" with the slow progress and cost overruns on the new presidential aircraft, which were ordered in 2018, during his first term.
26% : And I say that as someone who would take a bullet for Trump.

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