Donald Trump has accomplished a stunning feat by bringing together many partisans from across America’s acrimonious political divide in his readiness to accept a jet from Qatar.
The White House’s issue is that opposition to it is fostering solidarity.
As was to be expected, Trump’s Democratic Party rivals attacked the president when he said he would take a lavish plane from the royal family of Qatar.
It’s more significant—and possibly more concerning for the president—that even though the agreement hasn’t been finalized, some of his most ardent supporters have grave concerns about it.
Influencers from Maga have called the action a “bribe,” a grift, or an instance of the high-level corruption that Trump has repeatedly pledged to eradicate.
