内容摘要："I got this letter out the blue from a woman who said her mother had worked at Strand Films and straight away I knew how important it was," he said, explaining how it was the only time Thomas had "a proper job with a salary".

"I got this letter out the blue from a woman who said her mother had worked at Strand Films and straight away I knew how important it was," he said, explaining how it was the only time Thomas had "a proper job with a salary".

Jordan Libowitz - from the organisation Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington - said any use of the plane by Trump after leaving office would cross a line: "Reagan's Air Force One ended up in his presidential library, but there's a difference there. The plane was decommissioned, Reagan never flew on it again, and it sits inside as a museum piece."The US Justice Department has reportedly drafted a memo explaining why it thinks accepting the jet would be permissible, although this has not been made public.

When the White House Press Secretary, Karoline Leavitt was asked about the legality of the deal, she said: "The legal details of that are still being worked out, but of course, any donation to this government is always done in full compliance with the law."President Trump is on a four-day trip to Saudi Arabia, Qatar and UAE, hoping to drum up investment for the US.His visit follows a series of business deals announced by the Trump Organization, which is run by the president's sons, Eric and Donald Jr.

These include plans to build golf courses and luxury villas in Qatar and the UAE.President Trump is not currently affiliated with the Trump Organization, having handed over management responsibilities to his children after entering the White House on 20 January.

at the beginning of May to develop a Trump-branded luxury 18-hole golf course and a collection of luxury villas north of Qatar's capital, Doha.

At the time, Eric Trump said: "We are incredibly proud to expand the Trump brand into Qatar through this exceptional collaboration with Qatari Diar and Dar Global.""[These countries] know that sanctioning countries are willing to accept this. This is a loophole. It's entirely legal. Everyone's aware of it, but nobody is doing much to actually tackle it in a big way," says Vaibhav Raghunandan, an analyst at CREA.

Campaigners and experts argue that Western governments have the tools and means available to stem the flow of oil and gas revenue into the Kremlin's coffers.According to former Russian deputy energy minister Vladimir Milov, who is now a diehard opponent of Vladimir Putin, sanctions imposed on trade in Russian hydrocarbons should be better enforced - particularly the oil price cap adopted by the G7 group of nations, which Mr Milov says "

He is fearful, though, that the US government shake-up launched by President Donald Trump will hamper agencies such as the US Treasury or the Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC), which are key for sanctions enforcement.Another avenue is continued pressure on Russia's "