Much ethical debate has occurred since Qatar floated the idea of gifting President Donald Trump a Boeing 747 to replace America’s aging fleet of presidential planes. The idea surfaced shortly before Trump’s recent Middle East visit, but it’s certainly not a novel idea hatched by Doha.
In 2018, after learning that Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan was looking to add to his fleet of presidential airplanes, Qatari Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani gifted Erdogan his personal, custom-made Boeing 747-800 plane.
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