{"id":815,"date":"2026-07-01T15:14:33","date_gmt":"2026-07-01T15:14:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/interstatemovingexpertss.com\/?p=815"},"modified":"2026-07-01T15:14:33","modified_gmt":"2026-07-01T15:14:33","slug":"retrofitted-qatari-jet-takes-flight-as-air-force-one-for-trumps-trip-to-north-dakota","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/interstatemovingexpertss.com\/?p=815","title":{"rendered":"Retrofitted Qatari jet takes flight as Air Force One for Trump’s trip to North Dakota"},"content":{"rendered":"
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President Donald Trump on Wednesday is taking his maiden voyage on a new Air Force One \u2014 a retrofitted Boeing 747 worth $400 million gifted by Qatar that embeds his personality more deeply into the institution of the American presidency.<\/p>\n

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Gone is the trademark light blue hull that helped Air Force One blend into the sky. The refurbished jet is painted to Trump’s preferred color scheme of a navy belly and red and gold stripes. It has the luxury features that the president believes a commander-in-chief’s entourage should have \u2014 plush carpets, lie-flat seats, wood paneling and a presidential seal on the seat belts, according to reported tours of the plane.<\/p>\n

Trump told reporters that he was proud of the luxurious plane. “You can do two things: You can low-key it, or you can show it,” he said.<\/p>\n

The jet is carrying Trump to North Dakota to see the Theodore Roosevelt Presidential Library, its first official visitor ahead of its opening on the nation’s 250th anniversary.<\/p>\n

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The gift from the Middle Eastern power raised ethical concerns, but Trump saw the plane as a necessary replacement to the 35-year-old planes that had previously ferried him as president.<\/p>\n

“This is a gift from a country that has treated us very well,” Trump said.<\/p>\n

The new jet will only temporarily be in the nation’s service, as Boeing