Bill Maher slams Trump for planning to just accept aircraft as present from Qatari royals | EUROtoday

Comedian Bill Maher slammed President Donald Trump on Friday night time for his plans to just accept a Boeing 747 from the Qatari royal household following the commander-in-chief’s journey to the Middle East this week.

“You know, when you travel, you like to leave with a souvenir, right? So he got a $400 million plane,” mentioned Maher. “They gave him a $400 million plane, which he accepted.”

Trump has confronted widespread criticism for being keen to just accept the jet from the Qataris, with the president beforehand saying that it will be “stupid” to not settle for it.

“This has to be the ultimate ‘If Obama did it,’” mentioned Maher. Trump critics typically be aware the outrage that might come from Republicans had a Democratic president, notably Barack Obama, taken a fraction of Trump’s controversial choices.

“If Obama did it, Fox News would be endlessly calling it ‘Allah Force One,’” mentioned Maher, including that the aircraft would want such intensive updates and additions to fulfill the required safety requirements that it’s unlikely Trump will be capable of use within the time he has left within the White House.

“So then it would have to be private, which would be illegal, but you know it doesn’t matter,” mentioned Maher.

The comic famous that the Qatari jet could be his fourth aircraft, whereas kids could get fewer toys for Christmas attributable to Trump’s tariff coverage.

“Trump says he will not be using [the plane] when he leaves office, and people don’t believe that,” mentioned Maher. “Not the ‘using it’ part, the ‘leaving office’ part. But, okay, so Trump now has four planes.”

“He’s got the two Air Force Ones that the government provides,” he added. “Then he’s got his own plane. Now he’s got this one. Four planes, yet everybody else, still only three dolls and 10 pencils.”

Trump has claimed that the aircraft will probably be gifted to the Department of Defence, however Reuters famous that it’ll later be handed to Trump’s presidential library. The aircraft could be one of the vital helpful items ever given to the U.S. authorities. Republicans and Democrats have criticised the president for being keen to just accept it.

The president defended the choice throughout a Fox News interview on Friday.

“I just want to say, it was a radical left story,” he claimed. “The people here, to show you how crazy it is, they would like me to pay a billion dollars.”

“I made a good deal,” Trump argued, citing the Air Force One on show on the Ronald Reagan presidential library in Simi Valley, California.

“This goes to the United States Air Force for whoever is president, and at some point, it’ll be like Ronald Reagan. It’ll be decommissioned, because they won’t want it,” mentioned Trump.

The president criticized Boeing for being “very late” in delivering the brand new Air Force Ones. Construction on the planes at the moment utilized by the president started throughout Reagan’s time in workplace.

“We need a plane for a couple of years before we get the other ones, because Boeing is very late,” Trump advised Fox News. “They should be able to knock them off in no time.”