President Donald Trump’s administration is in talks to accept a luxury jet from Qatar, according to multiple reports, a controversial move that the commander in chief defended in a post to social media.
On Sunday, ABC News first broke the story about the Middle Eastern country possibly gifting the so-called “flying palace” estimated to be worth $400 million, with an announcement expected next week.
Amid a flurry of critics, including many who generally support Trump, the president dismissed concerns in a post on Truth Social.
“So the fact that the Defense Department is getting a GIFT, FREE OF CHARGE, of a 747 aircraft to replace the 40 year old Air Force One, temporarily, in a very public and transparent transaction, so bothers the Crooked Democrats that they insist we pay, TOP DOLLAR, for the plane. Anybody can do that! The Dems are World Class Losers!!! MAGA,” Trump…
