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Qatar’s $400 million plane gift to Trump is likely unconstitutional, experts say

Poynter · Louis Jacobson · last updated

President Donald Trump is facing backlash for his willingness to accept an airplane worth an estimated $400 million from Qatar’s royal family.

ABC News first reported that Trump is set to accept a super luxury Boeing 747-8 jumbo jet from Qatar. While Trump is president, it would be used as the new Air Force One, then it would go to Trump’s presidential library after his term ends.

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