Chris Murphy says Trump strategically visited Gulf states ‘willing to pay him off’ as backlash rises against luxury offer

Donald Trump’s acceptance of a $400m Boeing jet from Qatar is the “definition of corruption”, a leading Democrat said on Sunday, as several senior Republicans joined in a bipartisan fusillade of criticism and concern over the luxury gift.

Chris Murphy, a Democratic senator for Connecticut, condemned the “flying grift” on NBC’s Meet the Press as he assailed the president’s trip to several Gulf states this week that included a stop in Qatar.

“Why did he choose these three countries for his first major foreign trip? It’s not because these are our most important allies or the most important countries in the world,” he said of Trump’s visit to the United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia and Qatar.

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    2 days ago

    Nah, just let him use it for whatever and whenever. Hell, just let him use it as is if he is impatient to fly in it.

    When it turns out to be a massive liability to everyone on board. I am only seeing win-win scenarios with minor collateral damage in worst case scenarios.

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      2 days ago

      It’s not like they are going to drop it from the sky. They are just going to listen to all Trump’s shit for more leverage for blackmail.