“The plane. Oh, the plane is a gift. It won’t cost us anything. Well, no, it costs us hundreds of millions of dollars to get it up to Air Force One level of operation. Every time he says one of those things—the ballroom won’t cost anybody anything—now we’re talking about them wanting to move a billion dollars to work on the ballroom.”

Chris Christie · said date not stated · reported 2026-07-06

Christie pivoted to the Qatari-gifted plane, arguing it would cost hundreds of millions to upgrade and criticizing Trump's claims about costs.