Trump's Qatar trip is off to a flying start as Air Force One gets another fighter jet escort

DOHA, Qatar (AP) — President Donald Trump's travel to Qatar is disconnected to a flying start.

Like Saudi Arabia a time earlier, Qatar didn't fuss waiting for Trump to onshore earlier mounting retired to impressment him with a combatant pitchy escort.

As Trump flew successful to Riyadh connected Tuesday and past successful to Doha connected Wednesday arsenic portion of his Middle East trip, helium received ceremonial escorts from each country's F-15 combatant jets, exceptionally uncommon sights.

A White House official, Margo Martin, posted videos of the escorts online.

“Saudi F-15’s providing honorary escort for Air Force One!” she wrote connected Tuesday. The Royal Saudi Air Force has the world’s largest fleet of American-made F-15s aft the U.S. Air Force.

Then connected Wednesday, Martin posted: “what a presumption flying into Qatar!!!” She adjacent captured 1 of the Qatari aviators, sitting successful the F-15's backseat, returning the favour by taking a representation of Air Force One.

The combatant jets aren't the lone planes Qatar has utilized to impressment Trump, offering to acquisition him a luxury Boeing 747-8 that the U.S. could usage arsenic Air Force One portion caller versions of the level are nether operation by Boeing.

Trump has defended the thought arsenic a fiscally astute determination for the United States. But his critics person questioned what would magnitude to a president accepting an astonishingly invaluable acquisition from a overseas government, calling it “naked corruption” and "a sedate nationalist information threat.”

The Republican president is connected a three-nation Middle East travel and visits the United Arab Emirates connected Thursday.