Boy, when you've got Ben Shapiro, Mark Levin and Laura Loomer all saying the Qatar 747 is a bribe, Trump should know something is wrong.
Ben Shapiro remarked about the plane, "President Trump promised to drain the swamp --- this is not, in fact, draining the swamp."
"Taking sacks of goodies from people who support Hamas, Muslim Brotherhood, Al Jazeera, all the rest, that's not America First...If you want President Trump to succeed, this kind of sleezy stuff would be stopped."
On his Monday podcast, Shapiro added, "If we changed the names to Hunter Biden and Joe Biden, we'd all be freaking out on the right."
Laura Loomer called Trump out, saying, it would, "put such a stain on the administration." She said she loves Trump, and would, "take a bullet for him. I am so disappointed. But I have to call a spade a spade. We cannot accept a $400 million 'gift' from jihadists in suits."
Mark Levin reposted her comments with "Ditto."
Even the New York Post did an editorial titled, "Qatar's 'Palace in the Sky' jet is NOT a free gift --- and Trump shouldn't accept it as one."
There's a clip from 2017 making the rounds on social media where Trump said Qatar was, "a funder of terrorism at a very high level."
Batya Ungar-Sargon told Newsmax, "This is not a gift, it's a bribe."
Even the National Review jumped in with Andrew McCarthy saying that the acceptance of the plane was "indefensible," and that "the president and his flacks again demonstrate that they don't grasp the concepts of constitutional duty and conflicts of interest."
Trump aligned social media stars are echoing Trump's claims about the plane, and others trying to sow doubt about mainstream media coverage of the plane. It's not working.
When MAGA superstars see right through the fog and see the truth for once, it's a tide that is turning against Trump. Trump says don't believe your lying eyes, believe what I tell you.
We've said for years that if Joe Biden had ever said any of the things Trump says on a daily basis, the press would be all over him. With Trump, it's just a shrug.
Like Shapiro said, If Joe Biden was accepting the "gift," there would have been screams to high heaven about corruption gone wild.
Inside the plane. Notice all the gold.
On Monday, Trump said that the plane would be an exhibit in his presidential library after he leaves office and would never use it as a private citizen. Right. We're supposed to believe that. Would it be an outdoor or an inside exhibit? If it was inside, you'd need a building like the Evergreen Aviation Museum that houses the Spruce Goose. Outside, it would turn into a rust bucket.
Another shot inside the plane.
We're not going to believe that last lie. Trump is going to use the plane after he leaves office, because he can. One of Trump's sycophants came up with the presidential library idea. Good try. But, Trump will never build a presidential library. He'll take in oodles of cash and just pocket it. You'll notice that in the four years since his first term, not once did he ever mention a presidential library.
The presidential library is a lie, not using the plane is a lie, not being bribed by Qatar is a lie.
And even MAGA calls it a bribe.
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Update:
Still in Saudi Arabia, Donald has to contend that the Qatari 747 grift is a benefit to the Department of Defense. Sure. Right.
Tomorrow, Trump visits Qatar. He doesn't want to hurt their feelings, when in the past, he said they supported terrorists. It will cost billions to strip the plane down to the rivets and reconstruct it after sweeping everything for surveillance equipment.
No, Donald. Only a fool WOULD accept the plane, and you fit that category.
From a post by George Conway:
