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.

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.

The free Air Force One from Qatar, which Trump has described as a gift, has raised eyebrows after a $934 million transfer of funds was made to an unnamed classified project from the Pentagon, with officials in the Air Force saying that millions of dollars were needed to pay for renovating the aircraft.

Earlier this year, President Trump confirmed that the Qatari royal family was donating a Boeing 747-8 for his use.

The administration transferred nearly $1 billion dollars to a Pentagon project to modernize nuclear weapons, but those funds will be used to renovate Trump's "flying palace"

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,