U.S. President Donald Trump Takes First Flight on Qatar-Gifted Air Force One on July 1

U.S. President Donald Trump took his first flight on a new Air Force One aircraft gifted by the Qatari government on July 1, praising the plane and saying the United States could not build one like it. According to Odaily, Trump boarded the aircraft before departing for North Dakota to attend the opening event for the Theodore Roosevelt Presidential Library. Speaking to reporters before boarding, Trump said he was excited about the first flight and described the aircraft as something people had never seen before.