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.

In late July 2025, reporters from The New York Times discovered a "mysterious" transfer of $934 million that they claimed would be used to renovate the Boeing 747 plane U.S. President Donald Trump received as a gift from Qatar earlier that year.

The 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,