US accepts $400mn Qatari jet to be used as Air Force One

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

75% : Trump defended accepting the Boeing 747 on Wednesday, saying "it's a great thing" during a bilateral meeting with South African President Cyril Ramaphosa in the Oval Office.
50% : Donald Trump wants the aircraft to be used as Air Force One while Boeing completes two new jets that have been long delayed, but the gift will need to be modified before it can fly the president.
48% : "The Secretary of Defense has accepted a Boeing 747 from Qatar in accordance with all federal rules and regulations," chief Pentagon spokesperson Sean Parnell said in a statement on Wednesday.
44% : "The Department of Defense will work to ensure proper security measures and functional-mission requirements are considered for an aircraft used to transport the President of the United States.
36% : Senator Mazie Hirono, who also sits on the committee, said Trump was "using the DoD to accept, you could even call it launder, an impermissible gift to skirt constitutional limitations".
22% : Last week Trump said it would be "stupid" to say "'no, we don't want a free, very expensive aeroplane".

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