Rachel Abrams
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Why the Qataris? Why this plane? Why from them?
Why the Qataris? Why this plane? Why from them?
I want to break down a little bit what you said about the things that need to happen to the Qatari planes in order for them to become Air Force One planes. So, like, the militarization of the planes, what does that mean?
I want to break down a little bit what you said about the things that need to happen to the Qatari planes in order for them to become Air Force One planes. So, like, the militarization of the planes, what does that mean?
We'll be right back. So, Maggie, this proposed gift for this plane, what do we know about the terms?
We'll be right back. So, Maggie, this proposed gift for this plane, what do we know about the terms?
Okay, so the idea here being that, like, the Qataris would not be donating it to him. They would be donating it to the Department of Defense. And then after Trump leaves office, the plane doesn't go to him. It goes to his library. So it's still not going to him, and therefore it's more kosher? Yeah.
Okay, so the idea here being that, like, the Qataris would not be donating it to him. They would be donating it to the Department of Defense. And then after Trump leaves office, the plane doesn't go to him. It goes to his library. So it's still not going to him, and therefore it's more kosher? Yeah.
Okay, whether or not he actually keeps his plane for his personal use, what it seems like is that the sitting president of the U.S. just got or will get or is negotiating to get a $400 million plane for free, a plane that the U.S. would otherwise be paying a United States company to manufacture and retrofit.
Okay, whether or not he actually keeps his plane for his personal use, what it seems like is that the sitting president of the U.S. just got or will get or is negotiating to get a $400 million plane for free, a plane that the U.S. would otherwise be paying a United States company to manufacture and retrofit.
And it just seems like it's hard to think of this as anything other than a gift, even if they've technically donated it to the Department of Defense.
And it just seems like it's hard to think of this as anything other than a gift, even if they've technically donated it to the Department of Defense.
Do we have any idea what might be in it for the Qataris to do this?
Do we have any idea what might be in it for the Qataris to do this?
I understand that we don't actually know what they want now or maybe would want in the future, but could you just, Maggie, tick through the relationships between Trump world and Qatar? You mentioned Pam Bondi. Like, what else do we know? It's a good question.
I understand that we don't actually know what they want now or maybe would want in the future, but could you just, Maggie, tick through the relationships between Trump world and Qatar? You mentioned Pam Bondi. Like, what else do we know? It's a good question.
Maggie, as you almost certainly know, Trump is currently in the Middle East on I think this is his first major trip since coming back into the White House for a second term. One of the stops that he's on is to Qatar. And it's notable where he's not going, which is Israel, despite the fact that the biggest conflict in the Middle East is in Gaza, obviously, between Hamas and Israel.
Maggie, as you almost certainly know, Trump is currently in the Middle East on I think this is his first major trip since coming back into the White House for a second term. One of the stops that he's on is to Qatar. And it's notable where he's not going, which is Israel, despite the fact that the biggest conflict in the Middle East is in Gaza, obviously, between Hamas and Israel.