Di plan wey President Donald Trump once yan about di Qatari-gifted plane wey e use as Air Force One, don dey change. Na so e talk say di jet go display for im presidential library after e comot office. But now, reports dey show say di matter no clear, and even im own son, Eric Trump, don talk say different plan dey for di aircraft.
Eric Trump tell NBC News say e no be di plan at di moment to keep di Qatari jet for di library. One unnamed White House official wey talk to The New York Times also say no final decision don land about di plane. Di presidential library wey dem dey plan to build for Miami, na there Trump initially talk say di jet go park. But with dis new information, di future of di aircraft don become uncertain.
Before now, Trump don consider using one of di two older Air Force One jets for display at di library. According to di Times, e no clear if dat plan still dey, or if e go include di Qatari jet. Di whole tori start when Qatar gift di plane to di United States last year, a move wey many pipo see as controversial because e no common for foreign leaders to give such expensive gift for presidential use.
Critics don point to clause for di Constitution wey no gree federal officials from accepting big gifts from foreign governments without Congress approval. But because of one 1990 statute wey allow Pentagon to accept contributions for defense programs, di Qatari plane now belong to Department of Defense, no be Trump personally. Still, some lawmakers like Rep. Jamie Raskin and Rep. Sydney Kamlager-Dove don raise concern about di gift.
Trump don use di jet once, for early July, when e go attend NATO summit for Turkey. But e later switch back to di older Air Force One after Secret Service advise am, because di new plane no get all di defense features wey di original get. Di Qatar jet dey undergo upgrades as Boeing dey work to deliver two new Air Force One planes. However, di contract no go as planned, and e cost di manufacturer hundreds of millions of dollars.
