Eric Trump Says $400 Million Qatari Jet Is Not Planned for Miami Library
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Updated · New York Magazine · Aug 5
Eric Trump Says $400 Million Qatari Jet Is Not Planned for Miami Library
3 articles · Updated · New York Magazine · Aug 5
Summary
Eric Trump told NBC News the $400 million Qatari Boeing 747 is not currently slated for Donald Trump’s planned presidential library in Miami, undercutting the president’s earlier claim that it would go there after his term.
Instead, Eric Trump indicated the library display would feature retired Air Force One SAM 29000, a Boeing 747 that served presidents for 35 years and flew about 6.5 million miles.
The Qatari jet has been cast as a temporary bridge aircraft for presidential travel, but the New York Times reported it lacks some security features of older Air Force One planes, including anti-missile capabilities.
That uncertainty keeps alive legal and ethical questions over accepting a foreign government’s gift without congressional approval, as Senate Democrats push legislation to keep the plane under Air Force control.