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Charles Small, early exposer of Qatari influence, calls Trump taking plane gift ‘an insult to democracy’

JL;DR SUMMARY Charles Asher Small, a Canadian-born scholar and head of the Institute for the Study of Global Antisemitism and Policy (ISGAP), has raised concerns about Qatari influence in the U.S., particularly regarding a reported $400 million airplane gift from Qatar to President Donald Trump. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski. At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself. This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude. Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from. But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.

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Donald TrumpMuslim BrotherhoodQatarHigher EducationCharles Asher SmallForeign InfluenceIsgapAirplane ControversyGift To Trump

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Qatar
"The revelation that President Donald Trump intends to accept a $400 million airplane from the government of Qatar to replace Air Force One has dominated news headlines and generated widespread outcry."
Washington, D.C., Washington DC, United States
"JTA: You just landed in Washington, D.C. Are you in town to do anything you can talk to me about?"
Canada
"One of the earliest and most prominent voices to raise alarm about Qatari donations in the United States is Canadian-born scholar Charles Asher Small."
New York, United States
"Charles, are you a conservative or a liberal? So I grew up in a place called Canada, where education, healthcare, transportation, and housing were kind of understood as human rights. I went to McGill University for $200 a year."
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, United Kingdom
"We have a research center in a place called Cambridge University, where our work is held to the highest standard."

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