Editorial: Trump’s Qatari plane is a Trojan horse


Trump has said that rejecting the jet gift would be stupid. — AFP

PEOPLE who reject gifts aren’t always stupid. Just ask the Trojans. Oh, wait.

Maybe President Donald Trump never read The Odyssey. But even if there are no Qataris or their technology hiding inside a US$400mil (RM1.7bil) luxury jet that country reportedly gifted to the United States, there are plain ethical reasons our president should not be in the business of accepting extravagant gifts from foreign nations.

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