I don't think any of us expected him to accept a luxury 747 jet from Qatar.

That's Katari Air Force One. You know their slogan.

Yes, yes. Speak louder into the tray table.

Cutter is giving us a plane that Trump gets to keep.

He's like the reverse Oprah.

I get a jet, and that's it.

Yeah, the 89 passenger luxury plane has wood finishes,

custom carpets, and gold walls.

The only thing it doesn't have is a way to safely land at Newark Airport.

The only thing it doesn't have. Oh, we safely land at Newark Airport. That's the only thing it doesn't have.

We're going to have much more on both of those stories, actually.

No plane can land safely there.

Well, and now it, apparently the problem might not just be at Newark.

We'll get to that in a moment and more on this gift to President Trump, including criticism coming from some Republican senators.

Meanwhile, the president is in Saudi Arabia this morning, hicking off a four-day trip across the Middle East.

We'll go through what he's hoping to accomplish while overseas.

Also ahead, we'll dig into the temporary tariff deal with China and how the market

is responding. And we'll have the latest on the air traffic controller staffing issues at Newark

Airport, which appear to be spreading to other travel hubs across the country. We'll explain that. Good

morning. And welcome to Morning Joe. It is Tuesday,

May 13th. Along with Joe, Willie, and me, we have the co-host of our fourth hour contributing

writer at the Atlantic. Jonathan Lemire, columnist and associate editor for the Washington Post,

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