State Department approves sale of $1.4B worth of helicopters, F-16 parts to UAE ahead of Trump's visit

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

62% : This comes as Trump is expected to travel to the UAE later this week for the final stop on his four-day trip to the Middle East.
49% : Sen. Chris Murphy, D-Conn., said on Monday ahead of the State Department's announcement that he would "block any arms sale to a nation that is doing direct personal business with Trump," citing the UAE-backed investment firm putting $2 billion into Trump's crypto venture and the U.S. president's administration accepting Qatar's gift of a luxury Boeing 747-8 jumbo jet to serve as Air Force One.
45% : TRUMP DEFENDS QATAR JUMBO JET OFFER AS TROUBLED BOEING FAILS TO DELIVER NEW AIR FORCE ONE FLEET CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP Congress has previously attempted to block Trump from completing arms sales to Gulf nations, including in 2019 during his first term, when lawmakers placed holds on deals with Saudi Arabia and the UAE over concerns about civilian casualties in the war in Yemen, as the Saudi coalition has been accused of being responsible for the majority of civilian deaths.
35% : I will do that for any military deal with a nation that is paying off Trump personally.
35% : However, Trump has invoked a provision allowing sales to go through immediately without a review period in cases considered an emergency.

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