qatar security. we head to abu dhabi tomorrow north of $3.5 trillion. if all comes together as the president plans with more to come with that bring in our panel fox news chief political analyst brit hume susan page bureau chief at "u.s.a. today" and hugh hewitt. brit, your thoughts about the president's messaging and what he's delivering and getting delivered on in this trip. >> well, these deals that he has outlined in the middle east, and i guess there are more to come, even after today, so obviously be welcomed news for the u.s. economy, expect the economies for those countries in the gulf area. the bigger question seems to me is whether this furthers the u.s. security interest in that region. bland it bee tokens what we have seen any kind of a break with israel as it continues to struggle with gaza and with hamas president not visiting israel as widely noted. if that has been taken to mean something how much we will find out, i guess. as for the foreign policy speech that you have so wisely note

then qatar was being boycotted by its neighbours, including saudi arabia, now qatar is about to give the us a luxury jumbo jet to use as air force one. that is not entirely accurate. by the end of the trump administration, a lot of differences were resolved, the relationship by the president's own statement before ending his first term was extremely strong with qatar. and qatar has a long historic relationship with the united states that transcends administrations and goes towards the strategic interests of the united states. so i see that as a continuation of that strong and steadfast relationship, whether it is today during this visit, next couple of days or even in the years to come. nevertheless, you will acknowledge that things have evolved significantly with your neighbours since those days. i think the relationship with all the gcc has never been stronger than it is today. all six countries are working together. i think the focus right now, obviously, you have mentioned the abraham accords a minute ago, is looking at all six nations. no abraham accords if it does not include a

qatar. cup, israeli journalists were allowed entry despite qatar's official public rejection of the entity. about shaking hands with zionist officials at the height of the genocide. less than two months after the operation alaxa flood, the well-known image of israeli president isaac shaking hands with thetari amir tamamim bin hammad athhani at the climate summit in dubai went viral. at the peak of the genocide, in an attempt to promote peace in the region, khatar's prime minister and foreign minister stated in an interview with israel's channel 12 that he had no issue visiting the oc territories, he didn't say visiting the occupying territories, but rather visiting israel. in march 2025, the israeli institute for security studies published an article questioning how israel could deal with qatar, which supports its enemies, that is, israel's enemies, on the one hand, and serves its interests, that is, israel's interests on the other. the article suggests that qatar employs a dual strategy tow

signed on behalf of the state of qatar by his highness, a mere of the state of qatar, -- emir of the state of qatar, and donald trump, president of the united states of america. [applause] >> the signing ceremony has come to an end. now a joint statement from his highness, the emir, and the president. >> thank you very much. we had a couple of hours of great meetings with the president and we discussed many issues by our great bilateral relationship in the situation in the region. after signing these documents, we are going to another level of relationship between qatar and the united states. i wanted to thank you, mr. president, for this historic visit. thank you very much. pres. trump: thank you very much. this has been a very interesting couple of hours. we discussed the world. we discussed russia and ukraine, for you have been a tremendous help. we discussed iran. it has been really an interesting situation. i have a feeling it will work out. it has got to work out one way or another. we know it will work out. you were of great help. and other things. in particular trade. kelly i

qatar.wed entry despite qatar's official public rejection of the entity. qatari officials had no quals about shaking hands with zionist officials at the height of the genocide. less than two months after the operation alaxa flood, the well-known image of... israeli president isaac shaking hands with the latari amir tamim bin hamad asthani at the climate summit in dubai went viral. at the peak of the genocide, in an attempt to promote peace in the region, qatar's prime minister and foreign minister stated in an interview with israel's channel 12 that he had no issue visiting the occupied territories. he didn't say visiting the occupying territories, but rather visiting israel. in march 2025, the israeli in institute for security studies published an article questioning how israel could deal with qatar, which supports its enemies, that is, israel's enemies on the one hand and serves its interests, that is, israel's interests on the other. the article suggests that qatar employs a dual strategy

bill: back with you shortly in qatar. senator john kennedy from louisiana joins dana and me here in new york from the hill, sir. good morning to you. iran, ukraine, middle east, gaza, hamas. let's start with iran because before america woke up earlier today this is what the president said about that ongoing matter. >> president trump: i want to make a deal with iran. i want to do something if it's possible. but for that to happen it must stop sponsoring terror, halt the bloody proxy wars and verifyably not get nuclear weapons. >> bill: that statement twice in two days. he said the iran situation will work out. your reflections on what we're watching now, senator. >> well first quickly qatar. i trust qatar like i trust a rest stop bathroom. if they want to be friendly i want to be friendly back. but with those guys, you know, trust in god but tie up your camel. in terms of iran, what you do is what you believe. everything else is just cottage cheese. that's true in life and in foreign policy. you can't just talk to them. y

let's talk about qatar and what you know about qatar, dr.rant, a lot of our audience might not know about this country and doing my research i learned that it is a key mediator in a number of conflicts like the war in gaza and afghanistan al-sharaa and relieve sanctions by the west. is he thrilled to learn that donald trump has announced ending those sanctions. does this matter because is qatar weary about providing financial support to syria without donald trump or without washington's blessing? try to give sierra a chance. they are willing to do it with whatever is he calling himself thee days. >> brian: the president is coming down the steps now by himself. i guess the delegation has dispatched because he will be the last to leave. >> lawrence: that's right. >> brian: he will walk down the more traditional steps and then, of course, going to be a delegation meeting him below after a very successful first day of journey joined members of cabinet. secretary of defense, marco rubio, as well as secretary of state and see the greeting right th

trump's talks in qatar. let's talk to sebastian ashher once again who's with me in the studio, our middle east regional editor. and sebastian, what is there a significance that on this tour he hasn't gone to israel? people have been talking about that as it being rather conspicuous by its absence on his itinery. i mean, i, i think you can look at it both ways, and this is very much... a gulf tour, these are the gulf countries, this is business, this is very different in a sense from israel, he's not going there, i mean there may be, i mean there bound to be conversations about gaza, but i don't think this is make or break about what happened what's happening in gaza and and and with israel, certainly you could see this perhaps as a snub to israel, you could see the way that the release of israeli american hostage was engineered without it seems really israely participation directly between... uh hamas representatives and the us and other mediators as leaving the israeli government out of the frame and that a

we saw yesterday in saudi arabia and today in qatar.this is i think an extraordinary moment in us middle east relations in the direction middle east is taking. you are seeing a lot of economic deals, a lot of defence deals being signed with the gulf countries. you're also seeing a lot of diplomacy on the sidelines as we saw with their historic handshake between donald trump and the new syrian president ahmed al-sharaa. the discussions about diplomacy and moving the region forward from a region of conflict to a region of prosperity and opportunity. all of the deals you are seeing being signed right now fit into that theme of prosperity, economic prosperity, and diplomatic security. there was a lot of legwork and a lot of advanced work being done by the teams of the different countries in advance of this trip. you can really see all the work that is being done behind the scenes is culminated in the signing of the deals we have seen today and yesterday. it is meant to i think give a sign to donald trump is 's domestic audience that this is

president trump contunues his tour of gulf nations and is currently in qatar. he's currently attending a lavish state dinner. earlier donald trump met the interim president of syria - a former jihadi - just hours after resetting relations between the two countries by lifting sanctions. you are watching the context. it's now time for - ai decoded. welcome to ai decoded. semiconductors, or ai chips, are tiny yet powerful

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qatar is just the royal family. the only big money makers and qatar are the royal family.entially the same thing and saudi arabia. these are not countries that have free-flowing free enterprise, private enterprises investing in the united states. they essentially have a royal family with the wolf -- wealth funds that have direct investing, the don't apply to other countries. >> will: obviously i think for the average american they have to understand the role all of these countries play in lobbing the american politicians but the soft power they play in finding american universities, that is how it comes back home. bandit will stick around with us, we have more to discuss, u.k.'s prime minister is changing the country's tune on immigration by shutting down of their failed to open borders policy. the stunning migrant numbers next but first let's check in with the markets, the dow jones, not a great day. nasdaq first -- both ending the day in the green. larger economic picture, has been positive for the administration of donald mike. ♪ ♪ -- donald trump. ah, it's deere season

that offer of a new plane, but donald trump there in qatar, the second stage of a four-day visit, qatar that has been very instrumental in trying to mediate cease fire agreements between the israelis. and hamas in gaza, very significant regional player and an important stop on donald trump's four-day visits to the middle east. much more coverage of that coming up with us on bbc. news: hello there, let's take a brief look now at the world weather forecast for the next day or so we'll begin in north america where we've seen some particularly heavy rainfall across parts of florida and north carolina, now this system continues to push very slowly further nortwards and eastwards so against more enhanced rainfort within this area, meanwile narrow of low pressure is starting to develop across the canadian prairies and the northern plains and that's going to bring... about quite a drop in temperature, colder air moving in from the west, but the south across central america then it's mostly dry across mexico, now the heavy rain is all set to continue across costa rica and panama, we'll see some

lucas tomlinson is life in qatar for us. he's got the latest on that trip and the president's travels. lucas. >> good evening from doha, sandra. president trump has arrived here in the state of qatar in doha to sign more deals one day after saudi arabia pledge $600 million into u.s. coffers. the qataris are upping that and raising it to one point to trillion dollars including an agreement from the emir of qatar for more than 200 boeing jets valued over $200 billion. here's president trump earlier. >> congratulations to boeing. get those planes out there. get them out there. but i just want to thank you. we've been friends for a long time, long before politics. for you, it was politics. for me, it wasn't, right? we have been friends for a long time. >> sandra, after arriving under fighter escort from saudi arabia, the president's armored car, the beast, as you can see her through the streets of doha receiving full military honors in passing the camel contingent. yesterday the saudis rolled out the arabian stallions. before le

or was it qatar? >> well. >> actually, it's. >> a you. >> know, i know that there were a lot of speculations about this topic. i don't know what is the reason that instigate this. this is a very simple government to government. dealing when ministry of defense and department of defense are still exchanging the possibility of transferring one of our seven four, 7-8 to be used as a. air force one. and it's still under the legal review. so there is nothing really. i don't know what was like, why it became, like, so big as a news that this is something that, you know. considered, you know, very in a very strange way. it's we have done a lot together with, with the u.s., for example, the airlifting that happened during afghanistan evacuation, 80% of that being taken care of from qatar. >> i think the point is that this people are confused as to whether this is a personal offer to president trump from the emir. certainly, president donald trump suggesting in an interview on tuesday that qatar approached him

sarah smith, bbc news, doha, qatar.with me here in the studio is jean-loup samaan, senior research fellow at the middle east institute of the national university of singapore. we'll get to gaza and israel in a bit but first. what's your biggest takeaway of president trump's middle east tour? what we were expecting was sales, trade deals and that is what we heard so far from saudi arabia, qatar and probably later today from the uae. in addition to this impressive number on those deals, i think the big surprise was the announcement by donald trump that the us would lift sanctions on syria and the fact that he was actually meeting the new president of syria ahmed al-sharaa in saudi arabia. i would a mix of those trade deals and a big surprise on the geopolitical front. those deals perhaps expected. trump's white house has described the president as the "dealmaker in chief". on that meeting with syria's new leader, do you see that as being a stabilising and positive development? i think on the short term yes. especially for

he is in qatar speaking at an event there.n gaza, syria and ukraine, all under the a spotlight as president sharp continues his tour, which has been focused on doing and number of trade and business deals. while the american reader has received another lavish welcome in qatar, where he signed a series of deals including a 200 billion-dollar order for boeing planes. but before he traveled there to qatar, president of met the new simulator in saudi arabia. the two men shaking hands. and the former i kata -- al qaeda militant was on he was wanted list. and followed mr. trump a press announcement that he was lifting u.s. sanctions on syria. and let me tell you that we are expecting akhmetov sharar to address his country shortly. we will bring that to you as well as the latest on what is happening on talks to tried to end the war in ukraine. but first, elsewhere in the middle east, concern is continuing to grow about the humanitarian situation in gaza. where health officials there safe intense israeli airstrikes have killed at leas

we have a difference on qatar but that's okay.ok at iran we do not want to bomb iran this is what the isolationists we do not want to bomb iran it will start to work we do not to bomb iran. i cannot wait to see the plan that's going to prevent iran from getting a nuclear weapon. we need to know to bomb iran we just bomb the [bleep] out of yemen. the month the [bleep] out of yemen was at 30 days or 60 days? the president the secretary of defense, we have been in vomit the [bleep] out of these guys we are going to crush them they're going to get the lanes open no matter what. we are going to send a message to the iranians to we bomb them and we bomb them and then we bomb them some more. and then we are told they surrendered except when it comes to israel israel, you are on your own. but do not worry we bombed them. but not iran. no, no, no that is taboo. that is taboo. everybody's talking about if they do not make a good deal we will bomb them. i could be dead wrong i don't think that is the case i could be dead wrong the isolationi

qatar will surely expect something in return. and the optics are beyond awful, especially as congress mulls hundreds of billions in medicaid cuts. the democrats in congress exposing those medicaid cuts and fighting those medicaid cuts are the real beneficiaries of the gift the dictator of qatar has decided to give because as donald trump, the republican candidate for president who promised not to cut medicaid, is supporting cuts to medicaid and the affordable care act that will rob 13 million people of health coverage. at that very same time, donald trump is publicly begging for a $400 million gift for him from a dictator who has already given much more than that to support the terrorist organization hamas. it takes trump level stupidity to create a political dynamic like that. one feature of donald trump's stupidity is that it apparently shields him from feeling humiliation. no matter how much humiliation is heaped upon him. there is an obsession of donald trump's at work here with this plane, and it is his size obsession. donal

sarah smith, bbc news, doha, qatar. qatar airways says it's placed the largest order in the company's history with the american aircraft manufacturer boeing. it comes shortly after donald trump and qatar's emir signed a series of deals on wednesday, including one that mr trump called a "record" order of the american jets. the us president's trip to qatar is the latest leg of his middle east tour, seeking the region's investment in the us. live is a senior at the institute... what do you make a president trump's movements in that area? i think it's very important. i think it's responding to some blight, friendly talk from his partners in the uae and saudi arabia especially, who are telling him, listen, "we can't do anything in syria if you keep the sanctions up. you want us to take care of our neighbourhood, you don't want to be responsible, fine. " they have no method of gaining leverage in getting anyone's attention and winning friends and influencing people if we're not involved in reconstruction and financing and inv

it too has taken money for qatar from qatar. and if you're wondering, out of all the gifts to give trump that could possibly put anybody in his favor, why pick a plane? >> you look at some of the arab countries and the planes they have parked alongside of the united states of america plane. it's like from a different planet. >> so the qataris know what super, super, super, super big ticket item. trump personally wanted. he has been broadcasting this desire for years, right there in the oval office as a model of trump's rebranded air force one sitting there. and it's not just air force one. trump has been fascinated with the power, the prestige, the big money of airplanes for decades. here he is in 1989. >> your airline would be called the what trump shuttle. >> it'll be the trump shuttle. yes. >> the trump shuttle didn't last long. and then 19 years later, trump bought what became at the time, his pride and joy. >> trump's boeing 757 is one of the largest, most luxurious private jets in the world. >> the plane is very much an ex

military base in the region, al udeid airbase in qatar.hrough strength as the banner reads there as we see assembled military personnel and. the president not just going to have the chance to make remarks this morning but also a chance to do a little bit of meet and greet. if you have watch the coverage overnight, you know the president had a pretty significant opportunity to speak about an hour ago or maybe an hour and a half now. i will have to double check my watch. he actually touched on a number of topics, not just what has been happening so far this journey to the middle east. such a pivotal trip his first of his second of the administration abroad. but also talk about the ideas that could reshape not just the way the region operates, but also, how it might change the globe. indeed to, let's continue the conversation with ashley davis, who has been with us all morning long. ashley, i will begin this hour as we await the president and continue to look at the pictures here. if we get in and out, but is not that we don't want to see you

. >> luxury jet qatar giving trump the royal treatment today, the same qatar that trump once called a funder of terrorism. so what's changed for donald trump? plus, a stunning admission from america's top health official facing questioning under oath rfk jr.. telling americans not to take his medical advice and crumbling under trump's trade war. business leaders telling cnn they're in the hole, still paying millions a year because of the tariffs that are in place right now. let's go out front. and good evening. i'm erin burnett, outfront tonight, funder of terrorism. that's what trump called the nation of qatar, the very same country that he's about to accept a luxury jet from, with a reported price tag of at least $400 million. so here's the thing about this. let me just show you how donald trump felt about qatar not so long ago. >> the nation of qatar, unfortunately, has historically been a funder of terrorism at a very high level. >> a funder of terrorism at a very high level. well, fast forward nearly eight years. trump has changed his tune, obviously quite dramatically. here he i

definitely a warm welcome in riyadh and in qatar. the american and qatar flags.alternating like the u.s. flag and qatar flag. receiving a standing ovation in riyadh when he announced lifting of u.s. sanctions on to syria. listening to donald trump, it sounds like the same donald trump. he had a set speech last night. talking about a new it'll -- middle east and laying out his vision for business deals, not bombs and bloodshed. donald trump sounds like the donald trump you would hear back in the u.s. sharply critical of joe biden in the previous administration, he lashed out at the 2020 election which he called rig and boasted about his 2024 election, which is unusual practice for an american president abroad. >> is it the new american farm policy doctrine focused on economics over peace deals are human rights or any of that? >> seems like it. that is the reason donald trump is here to the concentration of wealth in the middle east rather than going to one of america's regional neighbors or european allies. i think he recognizes it as a place he can make big busin

saudi arabia, qatar, and the united arab emirates. with regard to iran, they have all pursued refreshment. they do not want another war, and neither does donald trump. he is also likely to talk about moving towards a ceasefire in gaza. qatar has played a significant role in negotiations with hamas, and it is hoped that some kind of movement will take place as a result of this four-day visit by the us president to the gulf states, some kind of progress in gaza to bring the war to an end. then there is also the us top business and tech leaders also with him, and they are talking about projects worth more than $1 trillion, so certainly no lack of ambitions in this particular trip by donald trump. it is big in all senses, on a geopolitical front as well as the amount of investment he hopes to bring in into the us, going in different directions between the us and the gulf states. a very important relationship for both parties, the royal arab rulers that he will be meeting and is meeting now with america. they want a relationship with him,

now they are in qatar, behind the scenes, i think because they are on israeli negotiators in qatar as well, there may be a last ditch efforts to get a new american proposal to achieve a new cease-fire across the line. but that has elements in it which are not acceptable either to israel probably order to hamas, and if that doesn't get over the line, if that isn't agreed by both sides by the end of this week, by the end of donald trump's visit to the middle east, then the expectation is that that's a renewed military offensive by israel and gaza will resume. but there's a lot of international pressure we heard from the french president, we've heard it in the british parliament, calls for israel to pull back from its intended military offensive and certainly resume the supply of food, fuel and medicines into gaza. thank you. let's speak to the israeli prime minister from 2006 to 2009, ehud olmet. thank you for being with us. what is your view of the current israeli action? i'm against it. as simple as that. not only i, i believe the majority of israelis are against it. you may have hear

why he's changed his mind about qatar, that he needs qatar to help try to negotiate peace between israel and hamas, as you need qatar to help an iranian nuclear deal that donald trump may want to set out for. is that what's prompting this change of heart, tim? >> well, i think. he might just like to get sucked up. >> to and might just like fancy palaces in the sky. i think it could be that, you know, it could be related to some of the geopolitics. >> but look. >> i mean, it's not just republicans, it's former republicans like me. it's democrats that are concerned about the way qatar has harbored terrorists. the leaders of hamas were staying in qatar after october 7th. >> you know, they. >> have a relationship with iran, as you mentioned. so. like to the extent that they're an ally, they're a tenuous one. and the fact that we're taking a 13 year old plane from them as a gift, i don't know, like old neocon tim, my soul was stirring during that 2002 segment. you played at the top. you know where it was us bugging the chinese plane rather than us taking a plane from some islamist petro state

qatar has more cleanup to do. and so even apart from the obvious ethics, which should have made this whole thing dead on arrival or not cleared for takeoff if you prefer. even beyond that, qatar has faced skepticism from american leaders for its actions on moral grounds and on the normal foreign policy grounds that their interest to u.s. interests. and so here, instead of facing the normal pressure of possibly changing those policies or just paying the consequences, the evidence and the influence campaign suggests what everyone's concerned about, that qatar is trying to corrupt the united states process from inside, using or abusing money and influence to buy a closer relationship than the facts would otherwise warrant. now, this is according to multiple administrations and experts that have previously determined that qatar, at a minimum, should be kept at arm's length. that you don't just embrace a monarchy like this. or you can dial back to the trump quote i played you or his own focus on the terror funding, and

let me just show you how donald trump felt about qatar not so long ago. >> the nation of. >> qatar. >> unfortunately, has. >> historically been a funder of terrorism at a very high level. >> a funder of terrorism at a very high level. well, fast forward nearly eight years. trump has changed his tune, obviously quite dramatically. here he is today, speaking next to the qatar emir. >> i have to say that we've been friends for a long time. thank you for everything. and maybe in particular our friendship. it's been a very loyal, great, beautiful friendship. >> a loyal, great, beautiful friendship now, and a funder of terrorism. the last time he talked about them. so what has changed in just these few years? well, for starters, trump or trump? org, the business and the qataris are now very deep business and the role of real estate praise on qatar emir for his country's construction prowess. >> as a construction person, i'm seeing perfect marble. >> this is. >> what they call. >> perfecto. >> and just a great job you've done. and what a beautiful place this is. >> you take a. >> look at thi

look, just, you know, in the last ten years of. >> the us. >> qatar relationship, qatar has been always. >> there for. >> the us when it's needed. >> joining us live now from dubai white house editor for bloomberg news, jordan fabian jordan. as we mentioned, the president is going to be traveling to the uae later this morning. the final stop on this multi-stop trip. but there's this meeting with the leader of syria, the plane being gifted by qatar. so many other points of interest looming over this first foreign trip of his second term, technically second, because of that stop to the pope's funeral. but what. >> have you made. >> so. >> far of what you've seen? >> i mean, it just shows that president trump. continues to play by his own rules. if you. look at what you know. >> a traditional. >> president would have done with his first foreign trip, it would have been. >> to a traditional. >> ally like canada or mexico. trump is choosing to. bring mbs back into the fold. after president biden criticized his human rights record. and as. >> you mentioned, he's pursuing. >> these deals that

qatar is the supplier of propaganda via al jazeera, and people do not think that qatar. now this is this is i'm i'm telling you what people are saying. this is not my opinion. and people do not think that qatar is a good faith actor on the world stage. it's funny when you when you address that as people and you're not giving names on this. now, you and i have a great relationship. you said i can give you a name. ben shapiro, ben shapiro, he's a conservative. that's his one. but ben shapiro is also a talk show host, which we can go down that road. we can do whatever we want to on that one. people's a right to their opinion, but the facts remain. why wouldn't the country of the united states take a 747? but what? here's what's interesting to me. what the media isn't telling you and what no one's talking to you about is this same. 747 has been in negotiations for a year. the biden administration is the one that started these conversations. it didn't start in the trump administration. why? because we need a backup for air force one. because right now, the president of the un

bin hamed altani, amir of the state of qatar, and the honorable donald j. trump, president of the united states of america. president donald trump and the amir of qatar signing some cooperation agreements, sheikh tamim ben ahmed asani there, and this is the second leg of president trump's visit to the west asia region. looks like the signing ceremony has now come to an end and now a joint statement from his highness the amir and the president. thank you very much, we had a couple of hours of great meeting with the president and we discussed many issues are by are great bilateral relationship and also the situation in the region. of course, i think after signing these documents we are going to another level of relationship between qatar, united states, so i just wanted to thank you, mr. president, again for this historic visit. thank you very much sir. well thank you very much and this has been a very interesting couple of hours, we discussed the world, we discussed the russia and ukraine where you've been a tremendous help in so many different ways, we cert

hamas wouldn't exist but for qatar. a number of front groups in the united states students for justice and palestinian, among others. they're funding the riotist and college campuses directly and indirectly and anti-semitism spreading in our country also sure they're involved in as much as they can -- in the immigration of as many people from the middle east who share their views to the immigration in the united states. qatar has been able to play both sides haven't they been able to ply sides they are the mediators for the united states with u.s. and funding hamas. >> yeah that's true. whaing most americans would find troubling is number one, like you said, they're putting up hamas leaders in five-star hotels since october 7th. number two, there's literally an extension of some of america's most well known colleges and universities, campuses -- in doha so they have an area called education city. and it's a who's who of america universities. you have northwestern you have georgetown, carnegie mellon it is incredible vir

shortly thereafter, qatar's neighbors started a blockade of qatar, which, very. >> strangely. >> president trump seemed to support. he called qatar a funder of radical ideology. he encouraged the so-called. gcc countries. >> to. >> go forward with this blockade, which was strange because qatar has been a partner of the united states. we do have shared interests. and by the way, they host the us military facility that has more than 10,000 service members there. so for the president of the united states to encourage this economic blockade of a close economic and security partner, it made no sense. that was until you started to uncover some of what jared kushner and his cronies wanted to do with qatar. they wanted qatar to fund their project at 666 fifth avenue. qatar declined. >> early in the trump. >> administration, and it. >> was then. >> that president trump encouraged this economic blockade. so, again, i think we have to untangle the personal interests of this president of his cronies versus. >> the national interest. >> i think too often, whether it's with this $400 million, quote unqu

qatar. qatar. qatar. qatar. >> whatever works for many different pronunciations. >> many different pronunciations. but the bottom line is the public is very interested in this story. i think there's some questions sometimes do something break through in the public. but this story absolutely has. >> historically, how have americans viewed qatar? >> yeah. so i think it's very interesting to note a few things. you know, basically corruption, potential corruption in qatar as well. so let's take those one at a time. right. we could talk about the corruption first. okay. so what are we talking about here in terms of do americans think that donald trump has historically been corrupt in the past, behave corruptly? look at this. 61% of americans have historically said that trump, in fact, behaves corruptly. in the past, this hasn't been in poll after poll after poll, in which the majority of americans or registered voters have said that trump, in fact, behaves corruptly. now, of course, now you put it toget

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next round, she's remarks come as trump continue. use his tour of west asia and before heading to qatar, the us president addressed to meeting the persian gulf cooperation council where trump said he wants to make a deal with iran while repeating his accusations over the islamic republic's nuclear program and its regional allies, he said iran should abandon the pursuit of nuclear weapons and halt proxy wars. iran has consistently rejected such allegations, and joining us now from uh scott is a reza vedadi, academic, researcher and author for more on the story. hello, mr. vedadi, pleasure to have you join us in our conversation here on our press tv bullton, the us president, he had quite a mouthful to say about the islamic republic, its policies and how he supposedly is going to deal with iran in the weeks to come uh, in the midst of engaging in these indirect nuclear talks with iranian leadership, very uh contradictory, one may say your initial thoughts on this. well, i mean, the united states president uh, has been playing this game for the four years in his first presidency, and then

and qatar also maintains relations with hamas.t is why it is basically a country that helps, at least tries to conclude deals on a ceasefire, deals on the return of hostages from the gaza strip, and also participates in diplomatic work in other areas, for example, in relations with iran, and so on, there is a huge number situations in which kater tried to play his role, of course, since the diplomatic process in the gaza strip, most of the time. does not stall, qatar's influence in general also suffers from this, but nevertheless , a replacement for this mediator has not been invented, there was none, because even israel, which is often dissatisfied with qatar's actions, nevertheless understands how important this mediator is and cannot replace it with anyone, and is qatar capable of intercepting the status of saudi arabia from this their intermediary in the so far shuttle, well through washington, but negotiations between russia and ukraine, because well there is... all these years it has maintained relations with russia, despite

araqchi and his accompanying delegation , as announced , is doha, qatar .t this actually means is that they will participate in these talks , which is to participate in the talks between iran and the arab world. there is an issue that is within the same framework as the points you mentioned , that the opinions of iran and the arab countries should actually come closer to each other and that differences should be transformed into areas for cooperation in this regard. if i may explain further, in the southern environment, in terms of muslim actors, in west asia , we had one actor, saudi arabia and the uae, and one muslim brotherhood actor, under the title of qatar and turkey, and the axis of resistance, the islamic republic of iran. i imagine a perspective. i say, i wish this cooperation could develop to such an extent that it would even side with asean and the european union. sometimes, some people say it is wishful thinking . i say it is not wishful thinking. the problem is that in this regional space , these big actors, such as qatar , saudi arabia, the is

saudi arabia giving $25 million qatar all of these countries. you talk about women and women's rights. so these are people that push gays off business, off buildings. these are people that kill women and treat women horribly. and yet you take their money. so i'd like to ask you right now, why don't you give back the money that you've taken from certain countries that treat certain groups of people so horribly? why don't you give back the money? i think it would be a great gesture because she takes a tremendous amount of money. >> good to be back with you. i'm katy tur. that was donald trump once upon a time, back at a debate in 2016 when he was an outsider candidate running, he said, against special interests and as you just heard it, dirty money from morally compromised countries. so how did donald trump go from demanding hillary clinton send back clinton foundation donations from qatar to telling americans he would be stupid not to happily accept a $400 million super luxury jet from those same qataris. is it as simple as rules for thee, but no

real estate company and a multibillion dollar project in qatar that's funded by the government of qatar. so this is just a few weeks ago that eric trump was basically in the same nations that his father is now. and while his dad is not currently announcing deals there, he is helping build the trump brand, which his sons are selling and profiting off of. and those profits financially benefit the president himself as well. >> and the. >> trump businesses, especially in the later years, simply became a brand exercise. he kind of stopped building anything and was just putting his name on projects that people involved in. the projects were paying huge amounts of money for that name. is that the essence of the deals that we're seeing now? >> that's the bulk of the real estate deals. >> they're doing, mostly branding deals also do manage the book when they when they do. for example, in dubai, it's going to be a trump international hotel. and in oman there's going to be a trump golf course and trump hotel and villas. so often when they have a trump international hotel, they then will be they'll