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The Pentagon has accepted a Qatari Boeing 747 as a gift to serve as the next Air Force One.
Trump toured the plane, referred to as a "flying palace," in February at Palm Beach International Airport.
The gift comes as Boeing faces delays in producing new presidential planes, which Trump has criticized.
The Pentagon has jet that Trump first toured in Florida to be used as the next presidential airplane.
A Department of Defense spokesperson said in a May 21 statement, as USA TODAY reported, that it would work on the plane to make it compliant for transporting the President of the United States as the new
The possibility of the $400 million gift from a foreign actor, initially reported on Mother's Day, immediately drew ethical concerns and criticism from Democrats. It