There’s more to Donald Trump’s Middle East trip than billion-dollar contracts, parades of camels and a storm back home over Qatar’s offer to give the president a new Air Force One.

As Trump’s visit in Qatar came to a close, it had yet to formally present an offer for the megajet the country is expected to gift Trump.

Donald Trump is the most powerful and famous person on the planet, and the American president is at the helm of the biggest economy and the strongest military.

The Supreme Court will hear arguments tomorrow about birthright citizenship. How we got here: Trump tried to ban giving U.S. citizenship to children born to foreign visitors and undocumented immigrants. After judges stepped in, he appealed to the high court.

Aboard Air Force One, Trump lamented to Fox News host Sean Hannity of the U.S. government plane's comparative old age of 40 years and lackluster appearance next to Qatar's, Saudi Arabia's and the United Arab Emirates' "brand new Boeing 747s."

In May 2025, the nation of Qatar gave the Department of Defense a Boeing 747-8 jumbo jet to be remodeled into a new Air Force One.

Follow for live updates as Trump continues his Middle East trip in Saudi Arabia and Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. testifies on Capitol Hill.

The Constitution's foreign emoluments clause prohibits government officials from accepting gifts from foreign entities without approval from Congress.