A damning new report has thrown cold water on President Donald Trump's repeated claims that Qatari officials have offered him their $400 million jumbo jet as a 'gift' to replace aging Air Force One planes.
Trump has boasted on his Truth Social page that the private Boeing 747 is a 'GIFT, FREE OF CHARGE,' and it would be a temporary replacement for Air Force One. Afterward, it would be donated to his presidential library.
Leaders on both sides of the aisle have criticized the president over the supposed gift - urging him to be wary of accepting a 'bribe.'
But CNN now reports that the Trump administration had actually first reached out to Qatari officials about the jet they had been trying to sell since at least 2020.
The network claims that Boeing had informed the Trump administration shortly after he took office in January that the company would not be able to deliver replacement parts for the aging presidential jets until 2027.
