Chuck Schumer Hammers Trump For His 'Egregious, Grubby Self-Enrichment' After Accepting Qatari 747

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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.

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