President Donald Trump says he plans to accept the gift of a $400 million jet from Qatar. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)
Trump described the deal in his own words on social media in a post Sunday night.
"So the fact that the Defense Department is getting a GIFT, FREE OF CHARGE, of a 747 aircraft to replace the 40-year-old Air Force One, temporarily, in a very public and transparent transaction, so bothers the Crooked Democrats that they insist we pay, TOP DOLLAR, for the plane," he wrote.
"Anybody can do that! The Dems are World Class Losers!!!" he added.
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ABC News reported that Trump toured the plane in West Palm Beach earlier this year. While the deal is set to be announced during Trump's trip to the Middle East this week, the actual transaction is not expected to be made until later. Qatari officials say they expect to donate the plane through the Pentagon.
A Boeing 747-8, the same general model as the one being gifted to Trump, sits on a tarmac. (Getty Images)
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When not in office as president, Trump has traveled in his private Boeing 757 jet, dubbed Trump Force One. That jet is famously emblazoned with Trump's last name and was frequently seen in the backdrop of campaign rallies.
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