Ted Rall cartoon skewers recent news to lay bare American political double standards. In early May 2025 Qatar dangled a shiny four hundred million dollar luxury jet for the United States to use as Air Force One. President Trump shrugged off the Constitution outright ban on federal officials grabbing foreign gifts without congressional consent claiming it modernizes travel. Democrats clutched pearls over ethics while ignoring their own past indulgences. Meanwhile 2024 saw scholars grumble that the Constitution cannot handle today governance messes. The cartoon mocks how the United States drools over Qatar extravagant toys while mulling a rewrite of its dusty old rulebook. Clearly flashy perks trump sacred values in this absurd game of priorities.
Qatar Gifts America Lavish Prizes
Ted Rall
Ted Rall is a syndicated political cartoonist for Andrews McMeel Syndication and WhoWhatWhy.org and Counterpoint. He is a contributor to Centerclip and co-host of "The TMI Show" talk show. He is a graphic novelist and author of many books of art and prose, and an occasional war correspondent. He is, recently, the author of the graphic novel "2024: Revisited."
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Did AI write the summary? I mean, “AI doublegood writing am at summary stuff and junk.”
Does Qatar have universal health care? Maybe we could all look the other way as Trump accepts that?
Yes, of course Qatar has Universal Health Care for all Citizens (of course, only a tiny fraction of the people in Qatar are Citizens, most are ex-pat workers/slaves for the Citizens).