Qatar Dangles Prospect For Future Airbus Jet Order
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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,
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.
Washington Examiner associate breaking news editor Peter Cordi predicted that the working class will see the largest impact from President Donald Trump’s recent foreign deals. Cordi detailed Trump’s “really successful week” on Real America’s Voice’s Last Call with Mike Crispi Saturday.
Qatar Airways CEO Badr Mohammed Al-Meer has described the decision to select Boeing over Airbus as “a very, very, very, close call.”
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President Donald Trump ended his Middle East tour touting $3.6 trillion in new investments — a number that doesn't hold up.
As markets cheer Qatar’s massive $200 billion jet deal with Boeing Co. (NYSE:BA), economist Peter Schiff has a warning that has little to do with planes, and a lot more to do with America’s structural vulnerabilities.
Aboard Air Force One, Trump lamented to Fox News host Sean Hannity of the U.S. government plane's comparative old age of 40 years and lackluster appearance next to Qatar's, Saudi Arabia's and the United Arab Emirates' "brand new Boeing 747s."