Former American Vice President Mike Pence speaks in compliance with Constitution Day to Middle Tennessee State University (MTSU) in Murfreesboro, Tennessee, US, September 17, 2024.
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Former vice -president Mike Pence said on Sunday that President Donald Trump should change the gift of $ 400 million jet from the royal family of Qatar, with reference to national security problems.
“Qatar, you have a long history of playing both sides,” Pence said in an interview with “Meet the Press” by NBC. “The different idea that we would accept an air force of Qatar that I think is not consistent with our safety, with our intelligence needs … I think it’s just a bad idea, and my hope is that the president will think better.”
Trump’s plan to accept and convert the lush Qatari Jumbo-Jet, a Boeing 747-8, to be used as an Air Force One has caused fierce controversy about the legality, ethics and national security implications of what would be
Trump previously said that every acceptance of the plane would be due to Delas at the American manufacturer Boeing.
“There are in -depth issues, the potential for collecting information, the need to remedy the president of the United States is safe if he travels all over the world,” Pence said. “My hope is that the president reconsider it.
Experts have warned that converting such a jet to Air Force Menen that you could take years to complete and over time could cost hundreds of millions of dollars hundreds of millions of dollars, NBC previous priorly reported.
Trump said the aircraft will be formally given to the US Department of Defense. ELF Trump ends his second term as president, the ownership of the gift is experienced to be transferred to the Trump Presidential Library Foundation. By doing this, the palace -like Jet would never be personal ownership of Trump.
“This highly respects Land donates the planet to the Air Force/ Defense department of the United States, and not to me,” Trump said in a position on social Sunday. “By doing this, they save our country and the American taxpayer, hundreds of millions of dollars.”
