Qatari prime minister says Trump jet gift is a ‘normal thing’

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Qatari Prime Minister Mohammed bin Abdulrahman al Thani denied on Tuesday that the country’s gift of a jumbo jet amounts to bribery in exchange for the Trump administration’s favor.

Qatar offered President Donald Trump a $400 million Boeing 747 jet to replace Air Force One “temporarily” during his Middle East trip.

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