Here's your Forbes Daily Briefing for Wednesday, May 14th.

Today on Forbes, it's huge, Trump's jumbojet obsession through the years.

Donald Trump has plane envy.

On Monday, he marveled, quote,

You look at some of the Arab countries and the planes they have parked alongside the United States of America's plane.

It's like from a different planet.

To compensate, Trump is now considering accepting a plane from Qatar, an energy-rich monarchy

that has long sought to curry favor with the U.S. President.

About the gift offer, Trump said, quote, a very nice gesture. Also, a gesture that

plays directly to the ego of a billionaire who has long preferred oversized planes, personalizing

airliners too big to land in some airports over the more nimble jets that most executives prefer.

Trump's planes, impractical as they may be, definitely make a statement.

Aviation Pro George Reinstra says, quote,

From an ego standpoint, hey, you land with an aircraft like that, you can interpret that the way you want.

Alan Marcus, a communications consultant who used to ride on Trump's

old Boeing 727, interprets it like this, saying, quote, it's an extension of who's got the biggest

penis. In the late 1980s, when Donald Trump was making all sorts of ego-fueled purchases, like the Plaza Hotel

and a professional football team, he bought part of struggling Eastern Airlines, then converted

it into Trump's shuttle, a service connecting New York, Boston, and Washington, D.C. The business

flopped, but Trump snapped up one of its Boeing 727s and converted it into his personal jet.

Trump's plane fit the era, velvety red chairs, rich wooden tables, thickly framed art.

Marcus says, quote, it always looked good, but, for example, it didn't have noise

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