Qatar will send the $400 million Boeing 747 aircraft as an unconditional “donation” to the Department of Defense, The Washington Post reported.

Qatar will send the $400 million Boeing 747 aircraft as an unconditional “donation” to the Department of Defense, The Washington Post reported.

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 aircraft - valued at $400m - is being donated by Qatar as an "unconditional gift", with any retrofitting costs being borne by the US government.

The Pentagon and the Qatari government are close to finalizing the deal that will turn a $400 million 'flying palace' into President Donald Trump's next Air Force One.