'Just wildly illegal': top Democrats push to censure Trump's plan to accept Qatar jet

[babylonsister]

Censure is all we have?


‘Just wildly illegal’: top Democrats push to censure Trump’s plan to accept Qatar jet
Four senators, including Cory Booker, say they will press for vote against president’s plan to take $400m gift from Qatar
Ed Pilkington
Mon 12 May 2025 14.23 EDT


Top Democrats in the US Senate are pushing for a vote on the floor of the chamber censuring Donald Trump’s reported plan to accept a $400m luxury jet from the royal family of Qatar for use as Air Force One and later as a fixture in the Trump’s personal presidential library.

Four Democratic members of the Senate foreign relations committee said on Monday that they would press for a vote later this week. They said that elected officials, including the president, were not allowed to accept large gifts from foreign governments unless authorized to do so by Congress.

Cory Booker from New Jersey, Brian Schatz from Hawaii, Chris Coons from Delaware and Chris Murphy from Connecticut cast the reported gift of the Boeing 747-8 jumbo jet as a clear conflict of interest and a serious threat to national security.

“Air Force Once is more than just a plane – it’s a symbol of the presidency and of the United States itself,” the senators said in a joint statement. “No one should use public service for personal gain through foreign gifts.”

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https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/may/12/trump-qatar-jet-gift-democrats

[kysrsoze]

1. If it's illegal, why can they not sue him to prevent him from taking possession of the plane?

I don't understand why criticizing is considered enough of a fight.

[babylonsister]

2. I don't get it either; he's breaking the damn law. nt

[dlilafae]

3. Ooooooo

Censure.