Trump-brokered megadeal: Qatar Airways to purchase up to 210 Boeing jets PHOTO

Qatar Airways has agreed to buy up to 210 jets from American manufacturing giant Boeing, according to US President Donald Trump, who announced the $96 billion order as part of his tour of the Middle East.

"It's the largest order of jets in the history of Boeing, that's good," Trump said at the signing ceremony in Qatar, joined by Boeing CEO Kelly Ortberg, Caliber.Az reports, citing American news outlets.

"Get those planes out there, get them out there,"  the president said after Ortberg signed the agreement, making no mention of either the agreement with Boeing or the reported Qatari gift.

The White House said the deal would support 154,000 jobs in the US each year of production and marked the largest-ever order of 787 Dreamliners, a wide-body jet used for longer flights.

Qatar Airways and Boeing later confirmed the agreement.

It is the second deal involving Boeing to be announced as part of Trump's trip, marking a win for the company as it tries to rebuild its business after a series of manufacturing and safety issues.

The Qatar Airways deal, which includes 130 units of Dreamliners, 30 units 777-9s and the option for 50 other planes, was part of more than $240 billion in "economic deals" between the US and Qatar that the White House announced as part of the trip.

It would deepen a longstanding relationship between Boeing and the state-owned airline, which already had 150 Boeing airplanes in its fleet and more than 130 jets on order, according to Boeing's website.

By Khagan Isayev