The Globe and Mail reports in its Monday edition that President Donald Trump has seasoned recent big international trade deals with huge commitments from foreign powers to buy billions of dollars of airplanes made by Boeing. The Globe's Gus Carlson writes that last week, Japan agreed to buy 100 Boeing planes as part of a broader trade deal to ease tariff restrictions. That commitment followed similar recent agreements with Britain that will see British Airways buy $13-billion (U.S.) worth of Boeing jets and Indonesia buy 50 of the company's planes. Plus there are Qatar, Saudi Arabia and UAE deals. Boeing has been plagued with quality problems that have caused high-profile air disasters, regulatory probes and criminal investigations. There is a goodwill element in the willingness of foreign governments facing punishing U.S. tariffs to agree to buy the jets. Boeing is the largest U.S. exporter, so there is no shortage of symbolism is showcasing the company on the world stage. But the real answer to Mr. Trump's affection for Boeing probably lies somewhere in Mr. Trump's obsession with all things big. It is not enough to win; he needs to win bigly. And those big, beautiful Boeing airplanes carry big, beautiful price tags.