Boeing was supposed to deliver a replacement for Air Force One last year, but significant delays have cost the plane maker billions on the project. They have also drawn ire from the president, who told reporters aboard Air Force One in February that he was “not happy with Boeing” and may purchase a plane elsewhere.

Security experts told BI that the work required to make a plane from Qatar ready to be Air Force One would be like building a new plane.

Any donation to this government is always done in full compliance with the law,” White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said Monday.