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Another reason the original question is worded badly - IF the wheels had enough friction to overcome the engine thrust, then the plane would not take off...but that is NOT going to happen - the wheels are going to fall apart before that happens.
Here's some other helpful information along those lines..

IF the wheels generated so much friction the plane's engines couldn't overcome it, a plane would NEVER be able to take off... It wouldn't move at all...

The reality of it is, you could lock up the wheels completely so they can't rotate at all, and the plane's engines will STILL generate enough thrust to overcome the friction between the tires and the pavement...

So there's no way in hell the friction of the tires spinning will overcome the thrust of the engine...

And to put two and two together... If the friction of the tires CAN'T overcome the thrust of the engine, than the tires can be spinning in ANY direction for ANY reason (a treadmill, in this hypothetical), and the plane still takes off.