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President Donald Trump has loudly criticized the roughly $2.5 billion renovation of the Federal Reserve headquarters. Yet, when it comes to another costly Washington project \u2014 refurbishing a \u201cfree\u201d<\/em> Air Force One jet gifted by Qatar \u2014 talk around the White House goes silent, the New York Times noted in a report Sunday. <\/p>\n

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Air Force officials appear to have disguised the cost of revamping the Qatar\u2011donated jet by embedding it within the over\u2011budget Sentinel nuclear missile modernization program, per the report. A recently revealed $934 million reallocation from the Pentagon\u2019s beleaguered Sentinel ICBM modernization program has alarmed lawmakers, even as officials insist the missile project remains fully funded.<\/p>\n

Officials have classified the refurbishment cost entirely, and efforts to conceal the funding behind Trump\u2019s pet project are unusually elaborate.<\/p>\n

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The report noted that in hearings this summer, Air Force Secretary Troy Meink confirmed that surplus 2024 funds from the LGM\u201135A Sentinel program were diverted to help finance a highly controversial project: converting a luxury Boeing 747\u20118 gifted by Qatar into a makeshift Air Force One. <\/p>\n

Meink said the missile upgrade effort “is fully funded \u2026 and has all the resources it needs” despite the fund shift.<\/p>\n

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According to the report, no one seems willing to explain why exactly $934 million<\/strong> was shifted.<\/p>\n

Democratic leaders including Sens. Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) and Jack Reed have demanded answers about the legality and propriety of redirecting funds from the Sentinel program \u2014 a flagship nuclear modernization effort \u2014 into what critics see as a politically motivated retrofit of a foreign-donated jet.<\/p>\n

Despite calls for transparency, Meink declined to provide cost breakdowns or a precise timeline in the appropriations hearing, prompting further frustration from lawmakers overseeing defense budgets.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, the report generated backlash on social media.<\/p>\n

Academic Robert McCollister wrote on the social platform X: “Guess where the money ($934 million) for Trump’s used AF 1 came from? The Sentinel ICBM program which is already way behind and over budget!”<\/p>\n

Economist Dean Baker wrote: “Pretty great how the government will spend $1 billion renovating Trump’s ‘free’ Air Force One that was gifted to him by Qatar, which may never actually be used as a government plane — goes straight to Trump’s ‘library’ after he leaves office.”<\/p>\n

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