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So, Is Congress Going to Act on Trump’s Qatari Plane, or What?

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Left: President Donald Trump speaks in the Roosevelt Room at the White House in Washington, D.C., May 12, 2025. Right: Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R., S.D.) holds his weekly press conference at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., May 13, 2025.

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The New York Times’ Eric Lipton and Eric Schmitt report that the United States government has formally accepted the gift of a luxury airliner to serve as Donald Trump’s Air Force One.

After the flabbergasting news of the proposed Qatari gift of a plane worth hundreds of millions dollars broke a few weeks ago, Senate Majority Leader John Thune said that Congress would be asking questions.

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Mark Antonio Wright is the executive editor of National Review.

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