'Are those fake books?' Leavitt shredded for hyping Trump's 'library' on Air Force One

White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt's post about President Donald Trump's new Air Force One backfired this week when critics zeroed in on its shelf of fake books.

In a post on X, Leavitt shared a beaming photo of herself seated aboard the plane, a bookshelf looming behind her. The shelf surrounds a screen displaying the presidential seal. The books filling it appear to be purely decorative.

"Are those…fake books?" Vanity Fair Washington correspondent Aidan McLaughlin wrote on X.

"Of course a plane full of people who have never read a book has a bookshelf of fake books with titles like 'Library,'" wrote physician Nick Mark, whose post drew 1.2 million views.

He zoomed in on the spines. Sure enough: the books are labeled "LIBRARY."

CBS News White House correspondent Jennifer Jacobs confirmed the shelf was stocked with "decorative books."

The plane is a retrofitted Boeing 747 gifted by Qatar — a foreign government — and upgraded for $1 billion with taxpayer dollars. Critics from both parties have called the arrangement a conflict of interest.

"She misspelled '$400 million bribe solicited from Qatar,'" HuffPost senior White House correspondent S.V. Dáte wrote on X.

National security journalist Marcy Wheeler called it a "Flying Bribery Palace."

Leavitt, however, called it "a truly unforgettable day."

Trump has said the plane will be transferred to his presidential library when he leaves office.