At today's Senate Republican leadership press briefing, Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD) was asked about President Trump accepting a plane from Qatar.
00:00Are you comfortable with President Trump taking ownership of this Atari plane and then possibly using it and then in the post-presidency as well?
00:10All we know about that I think at this point, I've said this before and I believe it's true, I don't think there's anything official out there, this is a hypothetical, and I'm sure that if and when there is, it's no longer a hypothetical, I can assure you there will be plenty of scrutiny of whatever that arrangement might look like.
00:30Could some of the national security implications of that jet be given as a gift to the President?
00:35Well, again, I mean, like I said, there will be plenty of scrutiny.
00:37There are lots of issues around that that I think will attract very serious questions if and when it happens.
00:43At this point, all we've heard about is something that might...
