据美国广播公司(ABC)报道,特朗普政府将接收卡塔尔王室赠送的“空中宫殿”波音747飞机。
Trump Admin To Accept 'Palace In The Sky' 747 Jet From Royal Family Of Qatar, ABC Says

原始链接: https://www.zerohedge.com/political/trump-will-accept-luxury-747-gift-royal-family-qatar-abc-says

特朗普政府可能即将收到卡塔尔王室赠送的一架波音747-8大型喷气式飞机,用于改装成空军一号。此前,特朗普总统对波音公司空军一号新机生产的延误感到沮丧,完工日期被推迟到2029年。这架飞机将移交给美国空军,以满足运送总统及其支持人员所需的各项技术规格。白宫法律顾问办公室、司法部和司法部长帕姆·邦迪的法律分析报告称,这项捐赠对国防部来说是合法的,避免了贿赂和违反薪酬条款的情况。所有权将于2029年1月1日转移给特朗普总统图书馆基金会,美国空军将承担转移费用。预计将在特朗普总统即将到来的中东访问期间宣布这一消息,届时他还将关注在沙特阿拉伯、卡塔尔和阿拉伯联合酋长国的商业交易。有猜测称,沙特阿拉伯和阿联酋将试图提供更有价值的交易来超越卡塔尔。


原文

New details emerged on Sunday morning, revealing that the Trump administration could soon receive one of the most valuable gifts from a foreign government: a Boeing 747-8 jumbo jet from Qatar's royal family. The 747 will be retrofitted with communications systems and other equipment to transform into Air Force One.

ABC News cited people familiar with the transfer as saying that the royal family of Qatar's jumbo jet gift will be announced next week when President Trump visits Qatar for his Middle East tour—the first major tour of his second term. The tour will concentrate on business deals in Saudi Arabia, Qatar, and the United Arab Emirates.

Sources said the 747 will be transferred to the United States Air Force to meet the technical specifications required to fly the president and supporting staff members.

For months, President Trump has been overly frustrated with delays in Boeing's new Air Force One production timeline. 

Earlier this month, a Wall Street Journal report said the president commissioned defense contractor L3Harris Technologies to convert the luxury 747 into Air Force One, with a completion timeline by fall of this year. 

In February, FOX Business' Edward Lawrence confirmed that Boeing had suffered global supply chain snarls that changed project timings and delayed the completion date to 2029. 

White House communications director Steven Cheung told FOX Business then: "It is ridiculous that the delivery of a new Air Force One airplane has been delayed for such a long time."

Also in February, the president toured the Qatari 747 at West Palm Beach International Airport and told reporters he was "not happy" with Boeing.

Considering that the U.S. president is not allowed to receive gifts from foreign governments, the 747 jet will be transferred to the USAF (U.S. Gov't), not Trump personally. Yet we're likely going to see a news cycle filled with misinformation and disinformation from deranged leftist journalists who claim this was a personal gift. 

ABC quoted sources that provided more color on the legality behind the gift:

Anticipating those questions, sources told ABC News that lawyers for the White House counsel's office and the Department of Justice drafted an analysis for Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth concluding that is legal for the Department of Defense to accept the aircraft as a gift and later turn it over to the Trump library, and that it does not violate laws against bribery or the Constitution's prohibition (the emoluments clause) of any U.S. government official accepting gifts "from any King, Prince or foreign State."

Sources told ABC News that Attorney General Pam Bondi and Trump's top White House lawyer David Warrington concluded it would be "legally permissible" for the donation of the aircraft to be conditioned on transferring its ownership to Trump's presidential library before the end of his term, according to sources familiar with their determination.

The sources said Bondi provided a legal memorandum addressed to the White House counsel's office last week after Warrington asked her for advice on the legality of the Pentagon accepting such a donation.

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The plane will then be transferred to the Trump Presidential Library Foundation no later than Jan. 1, 2029, and any costs relating to its transfer will be paid for by the U.S. Air Force, the sources told ABC News.

The Qataris certainly outdid themselves ahead of welcoming the president. So, what will the Saudis and Emiratis offer? We suspect these countries will try to outdo one another when making deals with the president next week.

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