Remarks During a Signing Ceremony With Amir Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani of Qatar in Doha, Qatar

Amir Tamim. Thank you very much.

We had a couple of hours of great meeting with the President, and we discussed many issues, our great bilateral relationship, and also the situation in the region, of course.

I think, after signing these documents, we are going to another level of relationship between Qatar and United States. So I just wanted to thank you, Mr. President, again, for this historic visit.

Thank you very much, sir.

President Trump. Well, thank you very much.

And this has been a very interesting couple of hours. We discussed the world. We discussed Russia and Ukraine, where you've been a tremendous help in so many different ways. We certainly discussed Iran, where it's been really an interesting situation. I have a feeling it's going to work out. I think it's going to work—it's got to work out. One way or the other, we know it's going to work out, but you were of great help. And other things, but in particular, trade.

The trade is the—Kelly is telling me, from Boeing, it's the largest order of jets in the history of Boeing. That's pretty good. And that's 140. Was that a 140 or 160? One——

Amir Tamim. One sixty. [Inaudible]

President Trump. Well, yes, you—but you're right. It's actually 200, including the 40. So it's over $200 billion, but 160 in terms of the jets. That's fantastic.

So that's a record, Kelly, and congratulations to Boeing. Get those planes out there. [Laughter] Get them out there.

But I just want to thank you. We've been friends for a long time, long before politics. Well, for you, it was politics. For me, it wasn't. Right? But we've been friends for a long time, and this is an outstanding man. He's a great man, and we're going to help each other.

The United States is in a very strong position militarily. We have the best equipment anywhere in the world. You're buying a lot of that equipment, actually, and I think we're going to see some of it in action tomorrow at the——

Amir Tamim. Yes.

President Trump. We won't call it an "air fair," but it's going to be sort of an air fair. We're going to be shown a display that's going to be incredible. They have the latest and the greatest of our planes and just about everything else. So I think it's going to be a lot of fun and very interesting.

But I just want to thank you for the friendship—for the longtime friendship. And, again, long before any of this stuff, we just liked each other. That's not a bad thing. That's a good thing. But we always had a very special relationship.

And we came from Saudi Arabia, where we have another great man over there that's a friend of yours. And you two guys get along so well and like each other. You sort of remind me a little bit of each other, if you want to know the truth. They're both tall, handsome guys that happen to be very smart. But he's also a very special guy.

And it's good to see all the relationships forming in the Middle East, because the Middle East is really being talked about all over the world, and we're having a lot to do with it. We're helping a lot, but they're doing a tremendous job.

So I just want to thank everybody very much for being here. I want to thank the media. The media has been very fair, actually.

And it's a great honor to be with you. This is a—you take a look at this room. This room is the real deal. That's called white marble. It's very hard to buy. Believe me. I know very well, because you try to buy it, and you can't buy it. And you just take a look at what you have here. It's been incredible, what you've been able to build as a nation.

And we're with you all the way, and you know that.

Amir Tamim. [Inaudible]

President Trump. Thank you.