Chris Murphy says Trump strategically visited Gulf states ‘willing to pay him off’ as backlash rises against luxury offer
Donald Trump’s acceptance of a $400m Boeing jet from Qatar is the “definition of corruption”, a leading Democrat said on Sunday, as several senior Republicans joined in a bipartisan fusillade of criticism and concern over the luxury gift.
Chris Murphy, a Democratic senator for Connecticut, condemned the “flying grift” on NBC’s Meet the Press as he assailed the president’s trip to several Gulf states this week that included a stop in Qatar.
“Why did he choose these three countries for his first major foreign trip? It’s not because these are our most important allies or the most important countries in the world,” he said of Trump’s visit to the United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia and Qatar.
At this point, I think the other political people are just jealous. They are all like “this is corrupt or illegal.” And not a single one has done anything other than make a very general and obvious statement.
At this point I’d rather they just let him keep it for personal use only and move on. I don’t want to get stuck footing the bill to unfuck that thing and get it up to air force one standards.
Better idea, scrap it, shred the whole thing.
Even betterer, give the plane to Snoop Dogg to film Soul Plane 2: Qatari Boogaloo
Nah, just let him use it for whatever and whenever. Hell, just let him use it as is if he is impatient to fly in it.
When it turns out to be a massive liability to everyone on board. I am only seeing win-win scenarios with minor collateral damage in worst case scenarios.
The “Senator says” part is unnecessary, The Guardian.
Chris murphy took over $150,000 in aipac bribes
