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The $1 Billion Controversy Over Trump's Qatari Jet: A Technical and Ethical QuandaryOnly a FOOL would not accept this gift on behalf of our Country,” President Donald Trump tweeted, igniting a whirlwind of controversy over the potential conversion of a Qatari Boeing 747-8 into a new Air Force One.
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.
Boeing and General Electric investors celebrated a winning week in the Middle East that will deliver billions to the industrial companies after President Trump's dealmaking.
Boeing just won a huge contract from Qatar. But the company is troubled on several fronts – the latest being delays on new Air Force One jets for the U.S. president.
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Raw Story on MSNControversial Trump deal 'not going to go through' due to ethics concerns: ex-GOP lawmakerA former Republican congressman doesn't think president Donald Trump will be allowed to keep the "flying palace" given to him by Qatar's royal family. The Trump administration is preparing to accept a super luxury Boeing 747-8 jumbo jet from the foreign government to use as Air Force One and then be transferred to his presidential library,