Qatar's offer to gift U.S. President Trump a Boeing 747-8 airplane is a "normal thing that happens between allies", Prime Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani said on Tuesday at an economic forum held in Doha.

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.

United States President Donald Trump's high tariffs, as previously laid out in this column, are not primarily aimed at increasing revenue for the US government, but rather at forcing countries around the world to quickly initiate a new round of trade negotiations with Washington.

As U.S. President Trump leaves the Middle East, his tour concludes with major deals and notable diplomatic shifts.

Trump's whirlwind four-day tour of Saudi Arabia, Qatar and the United Arab Emirates this week was more than just a diplomatic spectacle marked by lucrative investments. It sealed the emergence of a new Sunni-led Middle East order - one that eclipses Iran's shattered 'axis of resistance',

Now Trump is back in the Middle East, blending business and diplomacy from May 13 to 16 ... the idea of possibly accepting the gift of a Boeing 747-8 jumbo jet from the royal family of Qatar ...

This article is authored by Ayanangsha Maitra, journalist and fellow with Centre for Geoeconomics for the Global South, UAE.

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