The Trump administration first approached Qatar to inquire about acquiring a Boeing 747 that could be used as Air Force One by President Donald Trump, four sources familiar with the discussions told CNN. That’s contrary to the narrative from the president that Qatar reached out and offered the jet as a “gift” to him.
It sounds an awful lot like the Qataris were trying to just get rid of the thing, and orangeboi likes shiny objects, so they presented it to him as a shiny object. AFAIK it was becoming a logistics and maintenance liability for the Qataris, and orangeboi is just gonna use our taxpayer dollars to take care of that, because of course