Amid a serious row over President Donald Trump probably getting a $400 million Boeing Jet from Qatar as a present, it has now been revealed that the Qatari jet has been sitting unsold for years since 2020 and Qatar now needs to dump it. The plane initially belonged to former prime minister Sheikh Hamad bin Jassim bin Jaber Al Thani, also referred to as HBJ. These initials are nonetheless there within the jet’s tail quantity. The sheikh has been embroiled in a $20 million authorized dispute over a string of luxurious accommodations, the New York Publish reported. The previous PM has been branded because the ‘thief of Doha’ by a Washington suppose tank after the DOJ accused him of presiding over bribery and corruption when he introduced 2022 World Cup to Qatar. HBJ has loads of controversies and lawsuits other than the corruption allegations. He made an antisemitic tirade in an interview final yr as he stated, “Think about oil was offered by some Jews … what could be the value of a barrel oil? It could be the costliest factor on the earth,”HBJ served as Prime Minister from April 3, 2007, to June 26, 2013, in the course of the reign of Emir Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani. He stepped down as Prime Minister on June 26, 2013, sooner or later after Emir Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani abdicated in favor of his son, Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani.Earlier than that, HBJ was Qatar’s Overseas Minister for over twenty years, from 1992 to 2013Trump’s Qatar go to is the second vacation spot of his Gulf tour, after a primary cease in Riyadh, the place he made a shock announcement lifting sanctions on Syria and met the nation’s president. Qatar Airways had positioned a “document” order for 160 planes from Boeing, its largest ever order for its wide-body jets.
