During remarks on the Senate floor Monday, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) spoke about President Trump accepting a 747 plane gifted by the Qatari Royal Family.
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00:00Last. Now on Qatar. Yesterday reports came out that the royal family of Qatar is set to gift
00:06Donald Trump a luxury 747 from to use as his own Air Force, as his own Air Force One.
00:13Without a shred of shame, Donald Trump will lecture families about putting up with higher
00:19prices that he himself triggered and then accept a $400 million private jet from the Qatari royal
00:25family. His shameless self-enrichment is without equal in American history. You cannot think of
00:31another president who has been so brazen, so selfish, and so destructive of the norms of what
00:37America is about. In truth, though, the news of the Qatari Air Force is just one tip of the iceberg.
00:45For months, Qatar and other Gulf state nationals have spent billions on deals with the Trump
00:50organizations to buy the president. Donald Trump is using his office to enrich himself and his
00:58family. This isn't a question. This is a fact with incredible supporting data to prove it.
01:04He is putting America's national security at risk to enrich himself. Just as concerning is the very
01:11gift of the national security implications that surround it, the deeply chilling part of this
01:16drive and national security betrayal from the president is just how blatant and erroneous what
01:22he's doing. Almost daring Republicans to stand up to him, defend our country. Daring Republicans.
01:29So where are our Republican friends with this kind of egregious, grubby, awful self-enrichment? Silence.