The nearly $1 billion price tag has reportedly been drawn from funds earmarked for the nuclear modernization program, the New York Times reports
The luxury jet gifted to US President Donald Trump by Qatar is expected to cost $934 million or more to renovate, the New York Times reported on Sunday, citing Air Force sources. The outlet claimed the funds were quietly diverted from money earmarked for modernizing the US ground-launched nuclear missile system.
The Qatari royal family gifted Trump a $400 million Boeing 747-8, dubbed the “flying palace,” earlier this year. The jet has been transferred to the Pentagon to serve as Air Force One while…
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