Critics ridiculed President Donald Trump’s first flight on a Qatari-gifted $400 million jet, calling it everything from “Air Fraud One” to a “Flying Bribery Palace.”
The president flew to North Dakota aboard the controversial Boeing 747 on Wednesday for the dedication of the Theodore Roosevelt Presidential Library.
The plane — gifted by Qatar’s royal family — comes loaded with marble bathrooms, gold fixtures, flat-recline leather seats, four lounges, and a grand staircase. Only 89 seats fill a fuselage built for hundreds.
Critics note that after the gift, Qatar saw a $1.9 billion U.S. arms sale cleared and received what Axios called an unprecedented security guarantee of American military protection.
“Air Fraud One,” fired back the press office for California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D-CA), responding to White House Communications Director Steven Cheung’s maiden-voyage boast.
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