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Miles Archer

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Tue May 20, 2025, 06:30 AM May 20

I am really shocked that Trump *****allegedly***** LIED about the airborne Qatari Cat House being a "gift." SHOCKED. [View all]

Sources contradict Trump narrative about Qatar offering plane as ‘gift’

After the Pentagon’s initial engagement with the company, Boeing provided US defense officials with a list of other Boeing clients around the world with planes that could work in the meantime, three of the sources said.

“And Qatar was one of the clients,” the second source familiar with the discussions said, adding the Pentagon “offered to buy the plane” and Qatar indicated it was willing to sell it.

The Pentagon had launched the discussions with Qatar after learning that the White House supported the idea, the third source familiar said, and Witkoff helped facilitated the initial conversations, the White House official said.

The third source recalled that the initial discussions were about leasing the plane, rather than buying it outright.

https://www.cnn.com/2025/05/19/politics/trump-adminstration-approached-qatar-jet?cid=ios_app
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