Qatar Giving 'free' Luxury Jet To Trump Administration Sparks Mixed Reactions Across America

Americans person mixed feelings astir President Donald Trump's management accepting a $400 cardinal gift from Qatar, pinch immoderate telling Fox News Digital that it was a "bad idea" to judge a luxury pitchy from a overseas government.

"I deliberation that's a bad idea. There's nary specified point arsenic a free gift and there's immoderate benignant of strings aliases attachments aliases thing other that's astir apt going to spell on pinch that and that's conscionable concerning," Karisa from Knoxville, Tennessee, told Fox News Digital.

Trump has received backlash for readying to judge nan jumbo Boeing 747-8 pitchy from nan Qatari royal family connected behalf of nan U.S. authorities since news of nan gift collapsed connected Sunday. The luxury jet, which was offered to nan United States because of delays successful Boeing's production of nan caller Air Force One fleet, will service arsenic a impermanent method of proscription truthful that nan existent statesmanlike level doesn't person to beryllium flown.

"I deliberation it's a bully thought for nan state to judge that. We've accepted different gifts from different countries, including nan Statue of Liberty, truthful I can't spot a problem pinch that," Carrie of Kentucky, who was visiting Knoxville, said.

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Karisa of Knoxville, Tennessee, weighs successful connected Qatar's gift to nan U.S.  (Fox News)

Another personification from Detroit, Michigan, said, "That's benignant of crazy."

The Boeing 747 offered to nan United States by Qatar will beryllium given to nan Department of Defense, Trump said Tuesday, responding to questions astir nan legality of accepting a gift from a overseas power. 

The White House has pushed backmost against disapproval of nan president, saying immoderate gift from a overseas powerfulness is ever accepted successful afloat compliance pinch each laws.

"If it's a gift to nan U.S., that's different. But if it's a gift conscionable to Trump, past I wouldn't beryllium for it," John, from Houston, told Fox News Digital.

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President Donald Trump speaks to reporters aboard Air Force One en way from Riyadh, Saudi Arabia to Doha, Qatar, Wednesday, May 14, 2025.  (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Another suggested it mightiness beryllium "ethically muddy" erstwhile asked astir nan gift.

"There's a batch of morals that request to beryllium discussed astir that. I haven't really heard excessively overmuch astir it, but I would say, you know, a authorities accepting specified a pricey gift connected behalf of whatever. It mightiness beryllium a small ethically muddy," Krishna, from Detroit, told Fox News Digital.

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Fox News' Louis Casiano and Elizabeth Pritchett contributed to this report.