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🗓️ 21 May 2025
⏱️ 48 minutes
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A $400 million jet from Qatar. His own crypto coin. Is President Donald Trump normalizing corruption?
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0:30.5 | So I think it's a great gesture from guitar. |
0:33.4 | I appreciate it very much. |
0:35.8 | I would never be one to turn down that kind of an offer. |
0:40.1 | I mean, I could be a stupid person and say, no, we don't want a free, very expensive airplane. |
0:46.0 | Earlier this month, ABC News reported the Trump administration was preparing to accept a Boeing jumbo jet from the royal family of Qatar. |
0:56.0 | The luxury plane worth some $400 million would replace Air Force One. |
1:01.8 | Trump posted on social media it was, quote, a gift free of charge. |
1:06.3 | He also called it, quote, a very public and transparent transaction, end quote. |
1:12.7 | ABC news reporter Rachel Scott pressed Trump on the jet during a press conference last week. |
1:17.8 | Mr. President, what do you say to people who view that luxury jet as a personal gift to you? |
1:22.7 | Why not leave it behind? |
1:23.6 | Your ABC fake news, right? |
1:25.2 | Why not leave? |
1:25.6 | Only ABC. |
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