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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Mike Bedigan

Qatar prime minister says $400m gifts are ‘normal’ between friends, following Trump jet criticism

The prime minister of Qatar has again defended the decision to gift President Donald Trump a $400 million luxury aircraft, saying that such exchanges between friendly nations wereare “normal.”

Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al-Thani dismissed accusations that the move was being used by Qatar to curry favor with the president and his administration for some kind of payoff in the future.

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