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President Donald Trump’s tour through the Middle East showed he is more interested in cutting deals for himself than in being president of the United States.
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Donald Trump’s trip to the Middle East was remarkably successful, and the president’s political opponents would do well to acknowledge the fact and understand what made it so.
President Donald Trump's administration accepted a $400 million Boeing 747-8 from Qatar. He first toured it at the Palm Beach International Airport.
From fighter jet escorts to the gifting of a "drop of oil," here's an inside look at Trump's whirlwind Middle East tour.
Boeing secured a record-breaking order from Qatar Airways and support from Donald Trump in valuable signs of confidence after tensions and turmoil.
Trump received the full royal treatment, and here in the Gulf it was clear he was among friends. His swing through the richest countries in the Middle East provided him with some quick wins. They took the form of billions in investments — though some dollar figures haven’t been accounted for and thus far amount to a mirage.
President Trump’s official trip to the Middle East was marketed by the White House as an effort to share his plans to bring peace to the region, but one of the first things he did was accept a $400 million plane from the Emir of Qatar.