Former candidate for the President of the United States (US), Nikki Haley, has reacted following Qatar’s jumbo jet gift to President Donald Trump, saying, “accepting gifts from foreign nations threatens intelligence and national security.”
Qatar’s royal family donated a jumbo jet for President Trump’s exclusive use as a presidential plane, according to CBS News.
US President, Donald Trump, is currently on a three-day tour to the Middle East, where he will visit Saudi Arabia, Qatar and the United Arab Emirates (UAE).
Trump announced, he has arrived in Saudi Arabia today, Tuesday 13 May, 2025, and was received by the Crown Prince of the Kingdom, Mohammed Bin Salman.
Haley opined, if the plane gift were to be handed to immediate former US President, Joe Biden, “we would be furious”.
In her reaction to Qatar’s jumbo jet gift to President Trump, Nikki Haley said: “Accepting gifts from foreign nations is never a good practice. It threatens intelligence and national security. Especially when that nation supports a terrorist organization and allows those terrorist regimes to live on its soil. Regardless of how beautiful the plane may be, it opens a door and implies the President and US can be bought. If this were Biden, we would be furious.”
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