Boeing has not officially confirmed any changes to the $3.9 billion fixed-price contract it signed during Trump’s first term. It has absorbed more than $2.5 billion in losses on the project.

U.S. Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer vowed to block all of Trump's nominees to the Justice Department until the agency reports what it knows about Qatar's offer.

Experts said the idea made no financial or practical sense given that Boeing is already deep into a multiyear effort to convert two 747s to replace current Air Force One planes.