It sounds an awful lot like the Qataris were trying to just get rid of the thing, and orangeboi likes shiny objects, so they presented it to him as a shiny object. AFAIK it was becoming a logistics and maintenance liability for the Qataris, and orangeboi is just gonna use our taxpayer dollars to take care of that, because of course

It’s probably better than his Dump Plane and knows it needs upgrades he can not afford. If he accepts the plane as a bribe congressional allowed gift, he is going to have the people fix it up for him at our expense.