The Qatar Jet, Trump’s Magic Mystery Tour to Turkey and Emoluments. Analysis & Commentary

One For the Road 1776 · Jul 21, 2026 · 14m

To read the full text of the podcast, to view a summary video and to access the links to the quoted materials, please see: ⁠ https://erm76.substack.com/p/the-qatar-jet-trumps-magic-mystery Summary: As had been widely covered in the news, Qatar gifted Trump a 747-8 jet in 2025. And as was the case during the first Trump term, questions arose about the Constitution's emoluments clause. Qatar offered President Trump the jet, worth in the neighborhood of four hundred million dollars, and a constitutional question arose about the potential impropriety of this gift. But Trump was not deterred, This…