The FBI tour traces the history of the fight against organized crime and includes displays showing artifacts from that fight. But too few people see the displays, given the security procedures necessary to access the headquarters.
Qatar, the tiny Persian Gulf emirate that uses its oil and gas proceeds to fund Islamist causes, left-wing non-governmental organizations, and both U.S. schools and universities, recently gifted President Donald Trump a Boeing 747-8 worth approximately $400 million. It was an “unconditional” gift to the United States. Delivered last month, Trump took the aircraft, which he retrofitted to serve as a new Air Force One, on its inaugural flight in that role when he flew it to North Dakota on July 2. Trump has hinted that he would like to keep the plane when he leaves office, though this is unlikely given the Foreign Emoluments Clause (Article I, Section 9, Clause 8) of the Constitution, which prohibits U.S. government employees holding an “Office of Profit or Trust” from accepting any present, profit or payment from a foreign state without Congressional consent. Meanwhile, the U.S. Air Force has ordered two Boeing 747-8s to serve as the next presidential aircrafts beginning as soon as 2028. The question then becomes, what to do with Qatar’s “gift?”
