Qatar awarded a contract for up to 210 new wide-body civilian airliners to Boeing on Wednesday, a blockbuster deal for the beleaguered aerospace company that was inked in a Doha ceremony where President Donald Trump hailed it as evidence of his abilities to promote U.

A year after Boeing Co. slogged through a deep executive shakeup and prolonged existential crisis, the US planemaker just landed its biggest-ever aircraft order, propelled by a powerful endorsement from President Donald Trump.

The White House announced that President Donald Trump secured economic exchanges with Qatar worth $1.2 trillion, a figure which includes a historic order for Boeing airliners.

The agreement comes as Qatar offered to donate a $400 million 747-8 jumbo jet for President Donald Trump to use as a temporary Air Force One.

During the second day of Trump's Middle East trip, he announced a major deal between Boeing and Qatar Airways and signed an agreement with Qatar; he also met with Syria's interim president.

Boeing has secured a pair of major orders in the Middle East during a visit to the region by President Donald Trump.

North Charleston, South Carolina, could see more jobs at its Boeing manufacturing plant if a reported $100 billion deal for Qatar to buy 150 Boeing planes comes through. NewsNation’s Brooke Shafer speaks with the city’s mayor about the agreement’s potential impact.

Need Fighter Escorts to Serve as Air Force One By Mike Stone, David Shepardson and Tim Hepher WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A Boeing 747 jet offered to President Donald Trump by Qatar as a temporary flying White House might need fighter jet escorts and could be restricted to flying inside the U.