There's no free lunch and no free Air Force One [View all]

By The Herald Editorial Board

President Trump’s eagerness to accept the gift of a Boeing 747-8 — valued at $400 million — from the Qatari royal family for use as a new Air Force One might seem reasonable at first glance.

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But just as there is no free lunch aboard Air Force One, there is no free Air Force One.

Accepting the gift would make no sense financially for the nation and even less sense in terms of the obligations it would impose on the president and the nation.

At least $1 billion of taxpayer funding would likely have to be spent to refit the Qatari jet for duty as Air Force One, and that work would take time.

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