{"id":12158,"date":"2025-08-01T15:29:19","date_gmt":"2025-08-01T07:29:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tingchao.xyz\/?p=12158"},"modified":"2025-08-01T15:29:23","modified_gmt":"2025-08-01T07:29:23","slug":"republicans-reject-democrats-amendment-to-block-trump-from-taking-qatari-jet-after-presidency","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tingchao.xyz\/?p=12158","title":{"rendered":"Republicans reject Democrats\u2019 amendment to block Trump from taking Qatari jet after presidency"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignwide size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"716\" height=\"404\" src=\"https:\/\/tingchao.xyz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/5.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12159\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tingchao.xyz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/5.jpg 716w, https:\/\/tingchao.xyz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/5-300x169.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 716px) 100vw, 716px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Republicans on the Senate Appropriations Committee on Thursday rejected what they described as a \u201cpoison pill\u201d amendment that Democrats say is intended to block President Trump from taking the Qatari luxury jet that the Pentagon intends to use as Air Force One with him after his presidency.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The committee voted 15-14 against adopting the amendment during consideration of the annual defense funding bill.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The amendment offered by Sen. Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), a senior appropriator, sought to block funds from being used in a manner that would enable transfer of \u201ca presidential air transport aircraft that has been under foreign registry to a nongovernmental entity until the aircraft has served as a presidential air transport aircraft through the end of its service life.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>During the markup session, Murphy cited recent reporting about the potential costs of upgrading the Boeing 747-8, which was previously used by the Qatari royal family.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThis is an extraordinary amount of money to be used on a plane retrofit that will likely only be in service for a short period of time. Well, the administration has essentially refused to brief us on the full cost,\u201d he said. \u201cReports are that this number could be easily $1 billion.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>GOP Warming Up To Sanders Resolution STOPPING Weapon Sales To Israel Amid Gaza Aid Crisis | TRENDING<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cTo most Americans, that\u2019s a lot of their money to be spent on a plane that is not going to be in the service of the United States military, in the United States Air Force, for perhaps any longer than a few months, because the president has, in fact, stated his intention to take this plane with him when he leaves office.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.), head of the subcommittee that crafted the Pentagon funding bill, pushed back on Murphy\u2019s comments shortly after and said senators should not \u201cmarinate on rumors and speculation about what could happen years from now.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe should be briefed on the long-term disposition plans before rushing to take action such as this, for which this simply [has] no urgency. The amendment is intended as a poison pill and political theater,\u201d he said, arguing the amendment is \u201cbetter suited\u201d as part of consideration for the national defense authorization bill lawmakers hope to pass in the coming months.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sen. Jon Ossoff (D-Ga.), a member of the committee, argued in response to McConnell\u2019s comments that \u201cbeyond rumor and speculation that Senator Murphy just quoted the president firsthand with respect to his intentions.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cTo address this claim that\u2019s been made a few times, this is \u2018a poison pill,\u2019 if I understand correctly, that means that the Senate would refuse to fund the Pentagon \u2026 unless it allows the president to accept a jet from a foreign prince,\u201d he said. \u201cIf that\u2019s true, I\u2019d like to understand why that is the line in the sand that would be drawn.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The amendment came after both sides clashed over a previous measure proposed by Sen. Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.), another senior appropriator, that sought to block funding from being used to operate or modify the jet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The report comes as previous reports from multiple outlets indicated the administration planned to transfer the jet to Trump\u2019s presidential library after his term ends.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sen. Markwayne Mullin (R-Okla.), a spending cardinal, argued the president has only jokingly said the jet would be transferred to his library, however.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe president has never came out and said he\u2019s putting this in the library. He said it in a joke one time,\u201d he said, adding that there have been talks instead \u201cabout using the current one that has been in the air for over 35 years to possibly be retired and go in the presidential library.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cSenator Mullin, on May 12, the president of the United States said this, this plane will, quote, \u2018Go directly to my presidential library at the end of my term,&#8217;\u201d Murphy later argued. \u201cThere was no great chuckle from the audience after he said that you may interpret that as a joke. It certainly didn\u2019t seem to be intended as a joke.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Republicans on the Senate Appropriations Committee on Thursday rejected what they described as a \u201cpoison pill\u201d amendment that Democrats say is intended to block President Trump from taking the Qatari luxury jet that the Pentagon intends to use as Air Force One with him after his presidency. 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