The U.S. has formally received Qatar’s “unconditional donation” of a $400 million 747-8 Boeing jet for the Trump administration to use as Air Force One. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and his Qatari counterpart earlier this month signed a memorandum of understanding which also allows Trump to use the plane once he leaves office,

Rachel Maddow shares New York Times reporting that Donald Trump has taken nearly a billion dollars from taxpayer money meant for modernizing the U.S. nuclear arsenal, and is instead directing some of those funds to refurbish the Air Force One style plane gifted to him from Qatar,

The cost to rehab the controversial luxury jet generously gifted to Donald Trump by the government of Qatar remains a mystery with the figures not being made available at the same time that there are questions about a "mysterious" Pentagon fund transfer.

The Defense Department announced in May that it had formally accepted the jet as a gift from Qatar. But according to the Post, the transfer has actually been held up by "legal wrangling" for the past two months and only now is nearing completion. It is not clear why the Pentagon released its earlier statement.

Pentagon finalizes acceptance of a $400M Boeing 747 gifted from Qatar to be used as the next presidential jet, sparking legal and ethical concerns.

US president has focused attention on the Gulf, visiting the region in first foreign policy trip of his second term.

Special Envoy Steve Witkoff is set to meet with Israeli and Qatari officials as the Trump administration works to secure a deal to end the war in Gaza.

Israeli and American flags waved together, along with messages in English, urging an end to the war and the return of all hostages. Some signs bore the names and faces of captives still held in Gaza; others displayed calls for a single, comprehensive agreement, not a phased release.