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Bulwark Takes

This $400M Plane Is a Bribe—And Everyone Knows It

Bulwark Takes

The Bulwark

Society & Culture, News Commentary, News, Politics

4.71.2K Ratings

🗓️ 11 May 2025

⏱️ 12 minutes

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Summary

Sam Stein and Bill Kristol break down one of the most jaw-dropping stories of potential political corruption in recent memory. According to new reporting from ABC News, the Trump administration is preparing to accept a $400 million Boeing 747-8 luxury jet—a "gift" from the royal family of Qatar—that would serve as a new Air Force One and later be handed over to Trump’s presidential foundation

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0:00.0

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0:24.5

Crystal. Who would I not rather talk to on Mother's Day than Bill Crystal?

0:29.2

We're hoping your wife. We're hoping your wife and mother are not watching this.

0:34.4

I'm certainly watch everything on the bulwark, certainly everything you'd host in the bulwark.

0:38.4

So he was joking.

0:39.9

He was really joking there.

0:41.2

That was not serious.

0:42.2

Let me assure you.

0:42.8

Happy Mother's Day to my mom and my wife, of course.

0:45.7

Bill, thanks for joining us.

0:47.0

We're going to talk about what I think is one of the more corrupt acts, potentially, of an administration I've ever seen and I've covered stuff for about

0:56.9

two decades now. I'm curious what Bill's thoughts are. Before we get into it, please do subscribe to

1:01.6

the feed. I really appreciate your support here. Tell people about the feed because we think it's

1:06.2

great resource for news and coverage of the Trump administration. All right. So here's the setup.

1:11.2

This morning, ABC News comes out with an exclusive. I'm just going to read a little bit of it,

1:16.6

and then I'm going to ask Bill for his reaction. Then I'm going to get into what I really think

1:20.6

about it. But here's the story. It goes like this. In what may be the most valuable gift

1:25.6

ever extended to the United States from a foreign government?

1:29.0

The Trump administration is preparing to accept a super luxury Boeing 747-8 jumbo jet from the royal family of Qatar,

1:37.1

a gift that is to be available for use by President Donald Trump as a new Air Force one until

1:43.4

shortly before he leaves office,

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