Trump Reportedly Getting Luxury Qatari Jet as Gift Sparks Fury—'Corruption'
Trump Reportedly Getting Luxury Qatari Jet as Gift Sparks Fury—'Corruption'
The president is reportedly set to receive a luxury jet from Qatar to serve as Air Force One.
is expected to serve as Air Force One
The security implications of this are mind blowing.
Exactly! It's going to be a flying wiretap with every enemy of the US scrambling to get their electronics in before Qatar closes the deal with Trump. I wouldn't be surprised if there were eavesdropping circuits baked into the silicon of every system in the plane.
What a fucking nightmare - but on brand for this kleptocracy of an administration.
Just the latest in an ever-growing string of obviously corrupt acts involving this obviously corrupt politician.
In less than a year, the US has gone from a nation that at least punished the most egregious corruption to a nation in which the highest elected office in the land is held by the most brazenly and openly corrupt politician in modern US history, and nobody is doing a thing about it.
The US is circling the drain.
I wouldn't say no one is doing anything about it. SCOTUS is enabling him. So... there's that
Mm... yeah. I should've stipulated that nobody is doing anything to stop him (or even really to slow him down).
The Supreme Court and virtually the entirety of the Republican party - federal, state and local - are actively aiding and abetting him, which, yeah, does count as doing something.
Perfectly legal under the "whatthefuckareyougonnadoaboutit" clause. Under this clause, anything is legal as long as nobody does anything about it, which is exactly what everyone is going to do.
I heard the Democrats are planning a pretty mean interpretive dance in retallion.
I mean hey, his friends at the Supreme Court, accepters of transportation-themed bribes, may have to rule on the subject. I'm sure they will do their jobs just as they have been.
Pretty much. Just let another country actively spy on the entire presidency, sacrifice national security, and no one will do a damn thing about it.
Trump is so honest and fair he gave up his measly 200k presidential wage, a little gift every now and then just to get some food on the table isn't so bad? How is he supposed to feed his family without any income.
Gee, what a good guy...
I believe the law says this is not allowed, we all know. But I also believe the government can just take it back when he's kicked the fuck out of office, or grounded and put in a hanger when the mid-term wipeout comes.
the government can just take it back when he's kicked the fuck out of office
I wish I was naive enough to still believe that the fascists are going to let that happen.
He'll die in office, no matter how many laws and norms he and his cult have to change or ignore to make it so.
Best we can hope for is that it happens soon.
Why stop now? Corruption? Add it to the pile and demand for people with the actual ability to do something about it do so or…
He wasn't corrupted before but now surely he is. Right?
read the emoluments clause in the US Constitution
What does the Constitution have to do with anything?
true, John Roberts took are if that a while ago
Might as well be written on toilet paper
Does this plane have RPG countermeasures? Asking for a few friends…
But apart from the whole Foreign Emoluments Clause of the US Constitution, he's going to pay the taxes and duties on it, right? RIGHT?