Legal and ethical qualms aside, the luxury Boeing 747 would present a prime opportunity to bug, track and surveil the US president Qatar's offer of a luxury Boeing 747 to US President Donald Trump has set off alarm bells within the US intelligence and diplomatic community,

President Trump criticized the current Air Force One as outdated and undersized, defended accepting a luxury 747-8 from Qatar, and lamented delays in the delivery of the new presidential aircraft.

Qatari officials said the plane was being given by the Qatari Ministry of Defense to the Pentagon but Trump said the Boeing 747-8 jet will be used as Air Force One—the official presidential plane and according to multiple reports, after he leaves office, it will be transferred to the Trump presidential library foundation.