Trump Reveals ‘America First 250’ Plane Design
Trump showcases the “America First 250” jet as the U.S. nears its semiquincentennial, sparking Air Force One and Qatar jet ethics debate.
President Donald Trump showed off a model of an "America First 250" plane in a flurry of social media posts the day after Christmas.
In one of the posts, the president was pictured smiling at the Resolute Desk in the Oval Office with the model aircraft.
The new picture was posted without comment, as the president posted several messages about ending the Senate's "zombie apocalypse" filibuster, praising federal unemployment levels, and a news article about the Jeffrey Epstein files that was "backfiring" on Democrats.
This followed a bizarre Truth Social post from the president on Christmas Day about Epstein, in which he claimed he had cut ties with the late sex offender "long before it became fashionable," and that the controversy surrounding the release of the files was a "radical left witch hunt."
The jet – which features the "America First" slogan on its fuselage and "250" toward the empennage – is a nod to the country's 250th anniversary, which is next year.
Trump has already announced plans for the anniversary, including a UFC event on the White House South Lawn, as well as a competition for young athletes called the 'Patriot Games,' which has been compared to The Hunger Games franchise.
The picture of Trump with the model plane was also posted by the official White House account. Due to the lack of context, some followers questioned whether the small aircraft was the same $400 million jet the president had accepted from Qatar.
In the spring, Trump accepted a luxury Boeing 747 jet from Qatar as a potential replacement for Air Force One, after complaining about the time it would take the American aircraft giant to build a replacement.
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The acceptance of the plane by Trump sparked an ethics controversy at the time, despite his assurances that it would go to his presidential library after he left office.
Amidst uproar in Congress over the jet potentially violating the Emoluments Clause of the U.S. Constitution, Justice Department lawyers quickly ruled that accepting it would not break any laws.
Attorney General Pam Bondi and White House counsel David Warrington said they had concluded that the donation of the aircraft was "legally permissible." In late July, it was reported that the U.S. had already begun refurbishing the plane at considerable expense, and Trump himself said it could be ready for service by February 2026.
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