Guess Which Global Leader Accepted a Free Qatar Airways Jet?

Donald Trump hasn't been the first president to face this situation. offered a free luxury jet Worth several hundred million dollars from the Qatari royal family. In 2018, Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani presented Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan with a $500 million Boeing 747-8i, which is also the type offered to Donald Trump. Described at the time as "the largest and costliest personal aircraft globally," this present came following Turkey's support for Qatar during an extended conflict with various Arab nations. After assuming power in 2014, former Turkish Prime Minister Erdogan has seized control over the judicial system, law enforcement, and armed forces. He has eliminated oversight mechanisms, suppressed opposition voices, and imprisoned rivals, as reported. BBC Although Turkey officially operates as a democratic, secular, and welfare-based state, the administration has often been characterized as "competitively authoritarian." This means that while elections do take place, they tend to be skewed in support of President Erdoğan’s conservative Justice and Development Party. As reported, Freedom House The nation is heading towards complete authoritarian rule following the detention of Ekrem İmamoğlu, the mayor of Istanbul and Erdoğan’s leading political opponent, in March. It appears that Erdoğan also has a penchant for luxury aircraft similar to that of the US president.

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