Rachel Maddow called out Donald Trump over the reported true cost of his efforts to spruce up the superluxury jumbo jet he’s set to receive from the royal family of Qatar, accusing the president of taking funding from a key nuclear safety program to bankroll the renovations.

The Air Force claimed previously the jet would likely cost less than $400 million to renovate, though actual costs appear to be closer to $1 billion.

The transfer of the jet from Qatar to the Trump administration sparked a political firestorm in the spring among Democrats and several influential Republicans.

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and his Qatari counterpart have signed an agreement outlining the terms of Qatar’s “unconditional donation” of a Boeing jet to th

According to official communication reviewed by The Washington Post, Qatar will send the Boeing 747-8 aircraft as an unconditional “donation” to the Department of Defense.