On the first trip travelers were offered new headphones, blankets still in plastic and a box of M&Ms bearing Trump’s signature. Trump, 80, was joined on board by his sons Donald Jr. and Eric and by Bettina Anderson.
Trump hailed the jet at Joint Base Andrews as a transformed, ultra-luxurious "flying White House" and called it among the most lavish aircraft ever. Social media users and critics reacted angrily to the plane being accepted as a gift, questioning whether it serves the country or the president and objecting to retrofit costs.