Trump Administration to Purchase Luxury Jet Despite Firing Homeland Security Secretary

US President Donald Trump fired his Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem on March 5, 2026. Despite this, the Trump administration has decided to continue and move forward with the purchase of the controversial $70 million luxury Boeing 737 MAX 8 jet. Despite Noem's dismissal, the Trump administration is planning to keep this aircraft for high-level travel. According to the Wall Street Journal, this aircraft will be provided to a select few cabinet members and First Lady Melania Trump for safe travel. According to the report, this jet was leased during Noem's Department of Homeland Security tenure. The government is now in the process of purchasing it outright for $70 million. A Department of Homeland Security spokesperson said that this'Big Beautiful'aircraft is about 40 percent cheaper to operate than standard military aircraft for long-range missions. With this, the command and control of the necessary gas will return to normal.