Hegseth signs agreement to accept Qatar plane donation
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The free Air Force One from Qatar, which Trump has described as a gift, has raised eyebrows after a $934 million transfer of funds was made to an unnamed classified project from the Pentagon, with officials in the Air Force saying that millions of dollars were needed to pay for renovating the aircraft.
Earlier this year, President Trump confirmed that the Qatari royal family was donating a Boeing 747-8 for his use.
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and his Qatari counterpart have signed an agreement outlining the terms of Qatar’s “unconditional donation” of a Boeing jet to th
To hide the cost of renovating the plane Qatar donated to President Trump, the Air Force appears to have tucked it inside an over-budget, behind-schedule nuclear modernization program.
The U.S. government and Qatar will finalize a deal next week for Qatar to give the U.S. Air Force a jet to be Air Force One.
The administration transferred nearly $1 billion dollars to a Pentagon project, but those funds will be used to renovate Trump's "flying palace."
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️ Qatar’s $400M Jet Gift Sparks White House Fury—Air Force One Deal Caught in Political CrossfireThe United States and Qatar are just days away from finalizing a highly debated agreement involving a Boeing 747-8 aircraft that could serve as a future version of Air Force One. Qatar’s Boeing 747 “Gift” Awaits Final Approval According to internal documents reviewed by The Washington Post,