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US President Donald Trump Air Force Councils are the first to travel to Washington, Colombia District, at Palm Bich International Airport, Western Palm Bich, Florida, USA, May 4, 2025.
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President Donald Trump is preparing to take a luxury plane from the royal family Qatarwhich he will use as Air AirFour sources familiar with planning confirmed NBC News.
Aircraft, aircraft boeing 747-8, must be transferred to Trump’s president Library Fund At the end of their second term, the White House confirmed NBC.
The administration will rediscover the plane so that it can be used in Trump’s official ability.
The present gift is likely to raise questions from legal scientists and experts related to the legality of this step.
New Commercial Boeing 747-800 costs about $ 400 million, reports 2019 dataThe last year for which data is available.
White House press secretary Carolyn Levit said in a statement by NBC News that “any gift to foreign governments is always fully implemented by all existing laws.”
“The Presidential Administration is striving for complete transparency,” Livit said.
The Justice Ministry did not immediately respond to CNBC’s request for comment.
ABC NEWS first reported About plans.
This week, the report on this step comes when Trump goes to the Middle East, including a stop on Qatar, for the first foreign trip of his second term.
Trump made a deal during his first term to upgrade two Boeing 747, which were used as a new Air Force on one. But a fixed Boeing contract has moved more than $ 2 billion for the budget amid repeated delays. Aircraft may not be completed At least before 2027.
Trump this year expressed frustration Above Boeing delays and said he weighed the alternative.
“We can buy a plane or get a plane or anything,” he said in February, Reuters said at a time when he toured 747 at Florida Palm Bich at the Florida International Airport.
CEO Boeing Kelly Ortberg – said in January The fact that the company worked with the DOGE Lead and the key Trump Elly Elon Musk to deliver the planes faster.
CNBC reported earlier this month that the US worked L3harris Technologies To change used Qatari Boeing 747 to become a new US presidential plane.
NBC NEWS reported.
