Hegseth Secretly Splurges Nuclear Cash on Trump's 'Free' Jet

Source: The Daily Beast

Hegseth Secretly Splurges Nuclear Cash on Trump’s ‘Free’ Jet

Corbin Bolies
Sun, July 27, 2025 at 1:28 PM EDT
2 min read

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has found a new money pot to fund President Trump’s Qatari-backed Air Force One project.

The Pentagon has transferred $934 million from the “Sentinel,” a $77.7 billion project dedicated to modernizing the U.S.’ ground-based nuclear missiles, to fund a classified project, according to The New York Times, and Air Force officials said at least some of the funds will go toward renovating a Qatari-funded Boeing 747-8 to Trump’s liking.

Sentinel began in 2020, and delays have pushed the project’s cost to more than $125 billion. A Pentagon estimate last year found the project’s cost could grow to $160 billion.

The Defense Department revealed it had dipped into funds for the over-budget, behind-schedule project but only said the money would go toward a “classified” project, according to the Times.

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