The Qatar Emir didn’t let Donald Trump depart the country until the pair had time for a sit down aboard Air Force One.

En route to Malaysia ahead of a diplomatic tour of Asia next week, Trump stopped off for refueling Friday at Qatar’s Al-Udeid Air Base, where he was briefly joined aboard Air Force One by the member of the royal family who lavished the president with a flashier plane in May.

“As soon as I found out that he’s coming to refuel, I said I’m not gonna allow him to take off unless I come and say hello to him,” Emir Tamim bin Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani told reporters while sitting beside the U.S. president aboard the aircraft. “Thank you very much, Mr President, it’s always great seeing you.”

Trump was all smiles. “Well, the Emir is one of the great rulers of the world, not j

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