‘Great Honor’: President Trump Unveils New Air Force One

He said he would take the new jet to the NATO summit in Ankara, Turkey, next month and said he would return to China “at some point,” presumably a reference to the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit that China is hosting in November.

He said his return from the Group of 7 summit in France this week was the last scheduled trip aboard the old Air Force One.

“Now, when we land at airports in London and in Germany and different places, nobody tops this one, and that’s the way we have to have it for our country,” Trump said, noting that the colors and the design were to “my taste, I will say.”

The new Air Force One will fly over during the July 4 celebrations next month, he said.

The Qatar gift is acting as a “bridge” plane to ferry the president until the new planes ordered directly from Boeing arrive. Now, that’s being pushed back to 2028.