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    By NIKKI SCHWAB, CHIEF CAMPAIGN CORRESPONDENT FOR DAILYMAIL.COM IN ABU DHABI

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    President Donald Trump defended his decision to accept the gift of a plane from Qatar to use as a temporary Air Force One.

    It came as he left the Middle East to return to the United States after a four-day trip.

    Trump on Friday concluded his Gulf tour in Abu Dhabi after overseeing the signing of another raft of multi-billion-dollar deals.

    That included securing a $1.4 trillion investment pledge from the UAE.

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    Trump identifies key problem with Air Force One amid Qatar plane row

    As he left the Middle East following a four-day tour President Trump took a swipe at the age of Air Force Once. He said:

    I leave now and get on a 42-year-old Boeing. The new ones are coming. New ones are coming.’

    The president has faced a bacjklash over his decision to accept a 747 from Qatar to use as a temprary Air Force One in the future.

    The gift has been criticized by some of his own MAGA allies.

    ABU DHABI, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES - MAY 16: U.S. President Donald J. Trump boards Air Force One as he departs the Al Bateen Executive Airport on May 15, 2025, in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. Trump is on the fourth and final day of his visit to the Gulf to underscore the strategic partnership between the United States and regional allies including the UAE, focusing on security and economic collaboration. (Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images)

    Trump may call Putin about Ukraine

    ABU DHABI, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES - MAY 16: U.S. President Donald J. Trump speaks to media on Air Force One as he departs the Al Bateen Executive Airport on May 15, 2025, in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. Trump is on the fourth and final day of his visit to the Gulf to underscore the strategic partnership between the United States and regional allies including the UAE, focusing on security and economic collaboration. (Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images)

    By Nikki Schwab, chief campaign correspondent on Air Force One

    President Donald Trump said he ‘may’ call Russian President Vladimir Putin to discuss a peace deal for the Ukraine.

    ‘We have to meet. He and I will meet,’ he told the Daily Mail when asked about it on Air Force One.

    ‘I think we’ll solve it, or maybe not, but at least we’ll know. And if we don’t solve it, it will be very interesting.’

    Trump wraps up Middle East trip with one final stop at Abrahamic Family House

    President Donald Trump tours the Eminence Ahmed El-Tayeb Mosque at the Abrahamic Family House, Friday, May 16, 2025, in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

    By Emily Goodin, senior White House correspondent

    President Donald Trump wrapped up his Middle East trip with a tour of the Abrahamic Family House — an interfaith complex that houses a mosque, synagogue and church.

    The president, while touring the mosque portion, removed his shoes and walked in his socks.

    He also visited the synagogue and church portions, and signed a guest book,

    ‘This was a little bit of an endurance test. … could have done it 10 times over,’ Trump said of his four-day, three-country tour.

    President Donald Trump tours the Eminence Ahmed El-Tayeb Mosque at the Abrahamic Family House, Friday, May 16, 2025, in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

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