Daily Wire’s Michael Knowles Calls Qatar Jumbo Jet Trump Gift a Great Deal

Conservative commentator Michael Knowles says issues about an extravagant present from a overseas nation for President Donald Trump‘s use are overblown, and that what some are calling a bribe is definitely only a nice deal on a crucial alternative merchandise.

Knowles — a longtime podcast host at Ben Shapiro‘s Daily Wire — was on “TMZ Live” Wednesday to debate a controversial present from the federal government of Qatar to President Trump … a $400 million Boeing 747-8 jumbo jet Trump plans to transform to be used as Air Force One, the official presidential airliner.

Knowles jokes his major grievance is that it is not a nicer aircraft … he questions why persons are upset over a easy present to the federal government — including we simply have to “slap some new paint on the facet.” Free is a generously whole lot, he says.

Trump introduced final week Qatar was gifting the aircraft, formally, to the U.S. Dept. of Defense for the rest of Trump’s time period as president, at which level it could switch to Trump’s presidential library basis … to be displayed the best way Ronald Reagan has an earlier model of a retired Air Force One in his personal presidential library in California.

This donation is bringing cries of foul throughout the political spectrum, because the present seems to breach the Emoluments Clause of the Constitution, which forbids American officers from receiving presents from overseas governments and people with out the consent of Congress … which has not been consulted on this deal.

Harvey and Charles level out the jet would require tens of millions of {dollars} to look at the aircraft for safety points, then be transformed for presidential use. Why not proceed to make use of the present Air Force One, which at practically 40 years previous is barely middle-aged for a transport jet?

Knowles calls out Boeing for failing to ship two new delayed jets which were on order. And he says the Qatari authorities’s provide has no strings hooked up. He brings up Hunter Biden, former President Joe Biden‘s son, for buying and selling on his household title to do enterprise overseas — although Harvey takes situation with the comparability … watch the clip.

There are presently two Air Force Ones in use — although one’s within the store for repairs — they’re arrange with superior communication techniques, nuclear radiation safety, mid-flight refueling capabilities, and fairly a couple of different state-of-the-art modifications match for a head of state.