In May 2025, the nation of Qatar gave the Department of Defense a Boeing 747-8 jumbo jet to be remodeled into a new Air Force One.

Trump to attend Saudi summit of Gulf leaders amid growing backlash at home over plane gift: Live - President Donald Trump and Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman signed a defense sales deal worth nearly $142 billion,

President Donald Trump would plainly like America to be more like the Gulf states he’s touring on the first big foreign trip of his new term.

Several top Republicans in Congress have expressed concerns about the 747 deal, including that the plane would be a security risk.

Trump’s plan to accept a $400 million plane from Qatar has ignited a full-blown firestorm among Democrats in Congress

The president boasts the plane, which will be used as Air Force One until he leaves office, is a "gift, free of charge," but Democrats fear it is "bribery."

Jon Stewart unleashed a fierce critique of President Donald Trump on The Daily Show, following the president's acceptance of an opulent gift from Qatar's Royal family-a luxury jumbo jet valued at hundreds of millions.

Trump said accepting a luxury 747 from Qatar is a no-brainer. But critics say the plan threatens to turn a symbol of American power into a collection of legal and counterintelligence concerns.