Claim
The aircraft was given to Trump as a gift by Qatar, and it is worth approximately ₹3,800 crore.
“यह विमान उन्हें क़तर ने एक तोहफे के तौर पर दिया है। गिफ्ट में दिया है और इस विमान की कीमत है लगभग ₹3,800 करोड़।”▶ Watch source segment
Rationale
Qatar did gift a Boeing 747-8 that Trump now flies as Air Force One, and its value is commonly cited at about $400 million — roughly ₹3,300–3,500 crore, so the claimed 'approximately ₹3,800 crore' is a slightly high but ballpark figure. The misleading element is 'given to Trump': fact-checkers and wire reporting establish the jet was donated to the U.S. government/Department of Defense as an official presidential aircraft (later intended for Trump's presidential library), not handed to Trump as personal property, so framing it as a personal gift to Trump overstates the reality.
Evidence
- https://www.factcheck.org/2025/05/unwrapping-qatars-400-million-winged-gift-to-trump/ FactCheck.org: Qatar's Boeing 747-8 was donated to the U.S. Department of Defense/government (later earmarked for Trump's presidential library), not given to Trump personally; widely valued around $400 million. ✓ reachable · archived
- https://www.cnn.com/2025/05/19/politics/trump-adminstration-approached-qatar-jet CNN: sources contradict the 'unsolicited personal gift to Trump' framing; the aircraft was routed to the U.S. government as a temporary Air Force One. ✓ reachable · archived
- https://www.cnbc.com/2026/07/01/retrofitted-qatari-jet-flight-air-force-one-trump.html CNBC (1 July 2026): retrofitted Qatari 747-8 valued at roughly $400 million entered service as Air Force One for Trump's North Dakota trip. ✓ reachable · archived
- https://www.npr.org/2026/07/02/nx-s1-5877618/trump-takes-first-flight-on-new-air-force-one-gifted-by-the-qatari-government NPR (2 July 2026): describes the jet as gifted by the Qatari government to serve as the U.S. presidential aircraft, operated by the U.S. Air Force. ✓ reachable · archived