Backstory: How Trump got a free "palace in the sky"

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Backstory: How Trump got a free "palace in the sky"

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The U.S. and Qatar were bargaining over the price for a "palace in the sky" Boeing 747-8 to be used as the new Air Force One — and Qatar "came back and said: 'We'll just gift it. It's OK,'" a top administration source tells Axios.
"And it's gifted to the people of the United States,…

This story appeared on axios.com, 2025-05-12 09:00:00.