Speaker Johnson Defends Ethics of Qatar’s Gift of Jet to Trump

House Speaker Mike Johnson defended President Donald Trump’s plans to receive a luxury jet from Qatar, saying he doesn’t think the gift raises ethics concerns.

Trump’s first major second-term foreign trip touring the Middle East this week has provoked criticism over a spate of business deals his family has made across the region and revelations the president is considering accepting a 747 jet from the government of Qatar. He said will use the jet temporarily as Air Force One, indicating he intends to accept the gift.

House Speaker Mike Johnson, , left, and President Donald Trump at the White House on March 24.

Photographer: Samuel Corum/Sipa/Bloomberg

But Johnson, the top-ranking House Republican leader, defended the gift of the ...