Traveling Abroad

President Trump is makin’ his way downtown around the Middle East.

His economically focused four-day visit kicked off in Saudi Arabia yesterday, where POTUS met with Saudi officials to secure $600B+ in investment commitments into the U.S., including a $100B arms package. 

Today, Trump heads to Qatar, where he plans to accept a luxury Boeing 747-8 jet from the Qatari royal family to use as Air Force One—sparking widespread backlash. Some Trump loyalists criticize accepting any gift from Qatar—a chief sponsor of Hamas—while security experts worry the president cannot be fully protected on a foreign-owned jet. Democrats say it would violate the Constitution’s ban on the president accepting foreign gifts without Congressional consent.

President Trump said the government would be “stupid” not to accept a free plane, blaming Boeing for delays in replacing the current 35-year-old presidential fleet.

Verse to consider whether you have a world-altering work trip or spend your day folding laundry… “Commit your activities to the Lord, and your plans will be established.”
Proverbs 16:3 (CSB) (read full passage)