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.

The Constitution bars federal officials from accepting gifts from foreign states without the consent of Congress.

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

Donald Trump is due to attend a summit of Gulf leaders in Saudi Arabia on Wednesday morning, even as a backlash back home over Qatar's proposed gift of a $400m luxury plane threatened to overshadow his “historic” tour of the Middle East.

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."

Donald Trump said that the Dollars saved by accepting Qatar's Boeing gift will instead be spent to 'Make America Great Again!'

For President Donald Trump, accepting a free Air Force One replacement from Qatar is a no-brainer. But Trump’s plan threatens to turn a global symbol of American power into an airborne collection of ethical,

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.