Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) has introduced a bill to block President Donald Trump’s plan for the U.S. military to accept a Boeing airplane from Qatar.
The plane, which is being donated to the Department of Defense, would be used as Air Force One.
The Democrat leader introduced legislation that would prohibit the use of Defense Department funding for the plane.
Under the bill, the Pentagon would be prohibited from using funds to procure, modify, restore, or maintain an aircraft for presidential flight if that aircraft was previously owned by a foreign government, foreign government-controlled entity, or foreign government representative.
The text of the measure reads:
“None of the funds authorized to be appropriated or otherwise made available for fiscal year 2025 or fiscal year 2026 for the Department of Defense may be made available for the procurement, modification, restoration, or maintenance of an aircraft previously owned by a foreign government, an entity controlled by a foreign government, or a representative of a foreign government for the purposes of providing presidential airlift options.”
The White House has not yet commented on the move.
According to a press release, Schumer said:
“Donald Trump has shown time and again – he