Former Vice President Pence said during a recent interview that President Trump accepting a luxury jet from the Qatari government is “inconsistent” with the United States’ “security” and that he should turn down the gift.
“Well, I think first we got to remember who Qatar is. We’ve got a military base there. I have members of our immediate family that have deployed to the region, but Qatar has a long history of playing both sides. They support Hamas. They supported al-Qaeda. Qatar has actually financed pro-Hamas protests on American campuses across the United States. And so the very idea that we would accept an Air Force One from Qatar, I think is inconsistent with our security, with our intelligence needs,” Pence said during his appearance on NBC’s “Meet the Press.”