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Trump Brokers $200 Billion Boeing Deal
in Qatar, Signaling a New Era of Aviation Diplomacy

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Posted By: Dreadnought, 5/14/2025 1:08:19 PM

President Donald Trump announced on Wednesday a $200 billion deal between Qatar Airways and Boeing, a lifeline for the beleaguered American aerospace giant and a powerful symbol of the diplomatic maneuvering defining his presidency. The agreement, signed in Doha during Trump’s Middle East tour, includes the purchase of 160 Boeing jets by the state-owned Qatari carrier. “It’s over $200 billion, but 160 in terms of the jets. That’s fantastic,” Trump said at the signing ceremony, flanked by Qatar’s Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani and Boeing Chief Executive Kelly Ortberg. The deal marks a rare bright spot for Boeing, whose fortunes have been in freefall.

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Reply 1 - Posted by: ladydawgfan 5/14/2025 1:13:51 PM (No. 1949777)
Sounds like more winning to me!! The unions ought to be thrilled with this!!
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Reply 2 - Posted by: earlybird 5/14/2025 1:42:45 PM (No. 1949796)
Michael Goodwin hanging head in shame. Considering retirement? (See his absurd, disgusting article posted earlier)...
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Reply 3 - Posted by: Dreadnought 5/14/2025 2:07:52 PM (No. 1949812)
Note the verbiage in the headline: "brokers". The stated value of the Qatari 747 is $400 million, the original retail value. 400 million is .2 percent of 200 billion. Implication being it's the "broker's" fee. However the used value of such an aircraft is believed to be in the high 30 millions. Still high.
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Reply 4 - Posted by: skacmar 5/14/2025 2:47:16 PM (No. 1949825)
How will the media and Democrats frame this accomplishment is a bad light? Trump denies others new jets at the expense of Middle East billionaires? Trump condemns thousands of Boeing workers to years of hard work with Qatar jet deal to billionaire friends? Billionaires in Middle East supporting terrorism buy new jets to assist in possible future terrorist attacks on innocent children? Trump get free jet from Qatar for brokering deal with Boeing. No matter how wonderful the news is for the US economy, the Trump hating media and Democrat will turn it around into a negative against Trump.
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Reply 5 - Posted by: stablemoney 5/14/2025 2:54:45 PM (No. 1949828)
You would think the CEO of Boeing would get Trump's plane built. We will see.
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Reply 6 - Posted by: enemyofthestate 5/14/2025 6:17:58 PM (No. 1949919)
The optics on the "gift" of the plane are not good. It's an unforced error on Trump's part. I voted for Trump, but that doesn't mean I won't criticize him. Is this "gift" a modern Trojan horse? Has he considered the plane could be bugged cockpit to tail, or even booby-trapped?
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Reply 7 - Posted by: privateer 5/14/2025 8:07:54 PM (No. 1949994)
'Timeō Danaōs et dōna ferentē' Virgil, comes to mind. I fear the Greeks even when bearing gifts Applies to Middle Easterners, too.
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Reply 8 - Posted by: Red Jeep 5/15/2025 6:57:05 AM (No. 1950097)
Boeing? The company that can't get the new Air Force 1 built after 8 years now? Really?
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Reply 9 - Posted by: Msquared112 5/15/2025 7:29:39 AM (No. 1950116)
Don't you love that the Democrats were screaming "quid pro quo" and Hillary is screeching about "pay for play", then Trump utterly skunks everyone with this deal? The mistake the Left is making (among others) is that they want to take down the only POTUS who isn't in this for his own financial gain, but for America's gain. They keep stepping on that banana peel instead of being grateful that American benefits while Trump personally loses net worth. Ask them to explain that, the dummies.
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Reply 10 - Posted by: bpl40 5/15/2025 7:52:51 AM (No. 1950135)
As I understand it Air Force One's construction requires US citizens only. A lot of the Boeing software originates in India and other countries. I am sure there are ways to shorten the time. But ten years is ridiculous.
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Reply 11 - Posted by: Zigrid 5/15/2025 9:25:50 AM (No. 1950197)
How delicious!!... the Boeing company saved by President Trump....now the loser CEO can retire and let some fresh blood rise to the top.... and finish the Air Force One plane that was contracted in 2017...get your act together Boeing....you've been thrown a life line by our President Trump....now don't let US down...again...finish the plane for President Trump...he needs a new plane....one WE paid for....not Qatar's gift....
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