MSNBC host bursts out laughing after supercut of GOP senators bursting Trump's bubble
Republican Senators John Barrasso, John Thune and James Lankford (MSNBC screenshot)
May 14, 2025
MSNBC painted a portrait of Republican party disarray on Wednesday morning by compiling a super-cut of high-profile GOP senators pouring cold water on Donald Trump's desire to claim a $400 million jet being gifted to him from the leaders of Qatar.
While the president has repeatedly declared, "Why should our military, and therefore our taxpayers, be forced to pay hundreds of millions of Dollars when they can get it for FREE from a country that wants to reward us for a job well done," that is not universally endorsed by his caucus.
During an appearance on MSNBC's "Morning Joe," regular contributor Katty Kay claimed the deal is making GOP lawmakers "queasy."
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That led to sharing clips that included Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD), stating, "This is a hypothetical and I'm sure that if and when there is –– it's no longer a hypothetical –– I can assure you there will be plenty of scrutiny of whatever that arrangement might look like."
Asked by CNN's Manu Raju, "Are you concerned with the national security implications of that jet being given as a gift to the president?" the GOP leader replied, "Well again, like I said, there will be plenty of scrutiny."
With Senators Ron Johnson (R-WI), Rick Scott (R-FL), Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) also shown dumping on the deal, far-right Josh Hawley (R-MO), told reporters, "I think we should have a big, beautiful plane built in the United States of America. The president's been very good on make America, buy America. We probably ought to pass a law that requires the federal government to buy everything from within the United States of America."
He added, "If they [Qatar] would like to be helpful, they could start by rooting out the Islamic radicals, terrorists."
That caused MSNBC host Joe Scarborough to burst out laughing and contribute, "That they fund! That they fund whether it is Hezbollah, whether it's Hamas, whether it's Islamic Jihad, we can go down the list."
He later laughed again and claimed, "This would be a problem coming from France, let alone Qatar."
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