Qatar, Boeing and Donald Trump
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Interesting Engineering on MSN‘Flying palace’: Trump formally accepts Qatar’s lavish jet gift amid security concernsThe Trump administration accepted a luxury Boeing 747 jet gifted by Qatar, sparking bipartisan criticism and corruption concerns.
Boeing Co. won the single biggest deal in the US planemaker’s history, with Qatar Airways placing an order for at least 160 widebody aircraft during a visit to Doha by US President Donald Trump.
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Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth has accepted a Boeing 747 from Qatar that President Donald Trump will use once the Pentagon upgrades it to include “proper security measures and functional-mission requirements,
An Oklahoma senator claimed during a CNN interview that discussions around the plane dated back to the Biden administration.
The Qatar-Boeing deal is the latest in a series of high-profile aviation agreements signed during Trump’s four-day Middle East visit. Just a day earlier, Saudi Arabia’s sovereign wealth fund inked a $4.8 billion agreement with Boeing, and U.S. Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick announced a $10 billion order from a British airline.
Qatar Airways CEO Badr Mohammed Al-Meer has described the decision to select Boeing over Airbus as “a very, very, very, close call.”
The 787 Dreamliner built in South Carolina is among 210 jets Qatar Airways will buy as part of a $96 million deal; critics blast 'gift' to Trump
The Trump administration first approached Qatar to inquire about acquiring a Boeing 747 that could be used as Air Force One by President Donald Trump, four sources familiar with the discussions told CNN.