[Congressional Record Volume 171, Number 80 (Tuesday, May 13, 2025)]
[House]
[Pages H1987-H1988]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                 NEW YORK POST EDITORIAL ON QATARI JET

  (Mr. LATIMER asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. LATIMER. Mr. Speaker, yesterday, the New York Post Editorial 
Board wrote about President Trump's plans to accept a free gift from 
Qatar of a $400 million Boeing 747-8 jet.
  The New York Post said: ``What is President Trump thinking? He's 
bragging of winning a $400 million `gift,' a `palace in the sky' . . . 
from Qatar that, in effect, he'll eventually own personally.
  ``Sorry, this `gift' is from far free; Qatar will surely expect 
something in return.
  ``And the optics are beyond awful, especially as Congress mulls 
hundreds of billions in Medicaid cuts.''
  The New York Post continues: ``That not only looks bad; it creates 
all kinds of conflicts of interest and runs smack into the 
Constitution's Emoluments Clause, which prohibits foreign gifts.''

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  The Post Editorial closes: `` . . . but given all the foreign 
investments and conflicts of interests--and now a $400 million plane--
they seem designed to benefit the President more than anything.''
  This from the New York Post editorial board. I couldn't have said it 
better myself.

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