The US has adopted a luxurious Boeing 747 aircraft as a gift from Qatar authorities. The gift is controversial

The United States has adopted a luxury Boeing 747 as a gift from Qatar authorities. The information was confirmed by the spokesman for Pentagon Sean Parnell. The machine is a gift that caused a wave of criticism before its acceptance was confirmed.

“The secretary of defense accepted Boeing 747 from Qatar in accordance with all federal regulations and regulations,” said the spokesman on Wednesday Pentagon Sean Parnell. “The Department of Defense will work on ensuring that appropriate security measures and functional requirements of the missions will be taken into account in the case of the aircraft used to transport the President of the United States” – he added.

This aircraft is called a “flying palace”.

In the first half of May, the American media reported that President Donald Trump is ready to accept the luxury Boeing 747-8 as a gift from the authorities Runny nose. The plan to receive a plane from a Qatari Royal Family caused protests, even among some Republicans.

Constitution USA It prohibits administration members to receive gifts from “princes, kings or foreign countries”.

On Monday, the Democrats leader in the American Senate Chuck Schumer He presented a project that would prevent the use of foreign machines as Air Force One, i.e. the presidential aircraft. On Wednesday, the deputy head of the Senate Commission for the Armed Forces, Democrat Jack Reed called on the Pentagon general inspector to initiate an investigation into the “insolent attempt to circumvent constitutional restrictions regarding the reception of personal gifts from foreign rule without the consent of the congress.” He also noted that the modification of the machine could take years.

Boeing would be the most expensive gift from a foreign state. It is estimated at approx. $ 400 million (approx. PLN 1.5 billion). Trump himself said that “he would be stupid” if he did not accept the plane from Qatar and announced that he would not use it for private purposes after the end of the term.

The BBC notes that the aircraft will have to be modified before it can reach the Air Force One fleet and become an official means of air transport of the US President.

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