Trump announced in May that he would accept the plane from Qatar.
Qatar’s gift of a plane that will be used as Air Force One will be an “unconditional gift” to the United States, according to an agreement between Washington and the Gulf state.
“This donation is made in good faith and in the spirit of cooperation and mutual support between the parties,” the agreement states, according to CNN.
“Nothing in this MoU is, or shall be interpreted or construed as, an offer, promise, or acceptance of any form of bribery, undue influence, or corrupt practice.”
The agreement was signed on July 7 by U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and Saoud bin Abdulrahman Al-Thani, Qatar’s deputy prime minister and minister of state for defense affairs.
Trump announced in May that he would accept the plane from Qatar, which he visited that month.
“So the fact that the Defense Department is getting a GIFT, FREE OF CHARGE, of a 747 aircraft to replace the 40-year-old Air Force One, temporarily, in a very public and transparent transaction,” he posted on Truth Social at the time.
The plane will be converted to be a temporary Air Force One, at a cost of under $400 million, while Boeing works on building the new and permanent presidential plane.
The Qatari aircraft will then be transferred to Trump’s presidential library.
