President Donald Trump isn’t the only one who wrapped up a Middle East tour in recent days. American CEOs and other executives dropped everything to tail along with Trump on his travels and bolster the image he tried to sell on his first major foreign trip.

The Qatari prime minister insisted the transaction would be conducted with “full transparency,” as he dismissed bribery allegations as an effort to malign his country.

During a Senate Armed Services Committee hearing on May 20, 2025, Senator Mazie Hirono slams Donald Trump for receiving Qatar's $400 million luxury jet gift and further condemns him for passing along the retrofitting to the Air Force,

President Donald Trump has used the first major foreign trip of his second term to outline a vision for restoring global stability that is grounded in pragmatism and self-interest rather than values.

DarGlobal, a Saudi real estate company, said it would deliver the Trump International Golf Club as part of a Qatari government-funded development.

Trump Chief of Staff Wiles was co-chair of lobbying firm Mercury Public Affairs in its Florida and Washington, D.C. offices, when it represented Qatar's embassy in the U.S. capital, per disclosure filings with the Department of Justice.

Duckworth said she also sent a letter to Meink about the operational security risks associated with the plane, and noted an Air Force One aircraft must be able to allow the president to command and control U.S. forces from midair during a catastrophic crisis, such as a nuclear war.

WASHINGTON – Former Vice President Mike Pence said it's a "bad idea" for President Donald Trump to receive a luxury jet from Qatar, arguing that accepting the gift could be unconstitutional and jeopardize national security.