See Trump’s Reaction To The New Air Force One
President Donald Trump took his first flight aboard the new Air Force One on Tuesday, traveling to North Dakota for the opening of the Teddy Roosevelt Presidential Library. Before boarding at Joint Base Andrews outside Washington, D.C., Trump spoke with reporters about the aircraft and praised Boeing for its work. “This will be the first […] The post See Trump’s Reaction To The New Air Force One appeared first on Red Right Patriot.
President Donald Trump took his first flight aboard the new Air Force One on Tuesday, traveling to North Dakota for the opening of the Teddy Roosevelt Presidential Library.
Before boarding at Joint Base Andrews outside Washington, D.C., Trump spoke with reporters about the aircraft and praised Boeing for its work.
“This will be the first flight of what I think is maybe the greatest commercial plane ever built. I said to Boeing, ‘What’s the best one?’ and they said, ‘This is the best plane ever built,’” Trump said.
“They just completed it. They made it appropriate for a president. That means security and all of the different bells and whistles they put on. Very complex stuff. But it’s really quite something,” he continued.
Trump said the upgrade was overdue, noting that the previous Air Force One planes had been in service for decades.
“This is a plane that the United States of America should have. Our Air Force One was 35, 36 years old. It would be parked next to the new ones like this, and it really didn’t look appropriate for our country,” he said.
According to CBS News, the new aircraft is a 747-8 luxury plane replacing the military-grade 747-2.
“We’re very proud of this. The country is very proud of it,” Trump said.
The aircraft became a point of public discussion in May 2025, when Trump announced that the Qatari government intended to give the plane to the United States. At the time, reporters pressed him on whether Qatar expected anything in exchange for the aircraft, which was reportedly valued at $400 million.
Trump responded by pointing to delays in the delivery of new Air Force One planes that had first been contracted during the Obama administration. CBS reported that those aircraft are not expected to arrive until 2028.