Qatar, Trump and Democrats
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Several Democratic senators are questioning Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth over President Trump’s acceptance of a jet from Qatar, stressing in a letter the national security risks and
Boeing has secured a deal with Qatar for up to 210 jets in what the White House is calling the aircraft makers’s “largest-ever” widebody order worth $96 billion dollars.
The tiny Gulf state has showered money on the U.S.’s military and universities, giving it outsize geopolitical clout.
Sen. Chris Murphy (D-NJ) plans to force votes on any military sales announced on Trump’s swing through the Middle East this week.
Republicans and Democrats in Congress raised both and ethical concerns about the White House’s plan to use a gifted luxury plane from Qatar as an Air Force One replacement, after President ...
President Donald Trump would plainly like America to be more like the Gulf states he’s touring on the first big foreign trip of his new term.
The issue united both Democrats and ... for corruption than with Qatar’s ties to Iran. Laura Loomer, an influential Trump adviser, led the MAGA pushback to the jet deal.
Today’s agreement with China offers only a temporary pause in the trade war, with intensive negotiations to continue in the weeks ahead. And after last week’s U.S.-U.K. trade deal, Trump has promised other such deals are imminent. There is still much to do.