With Trump’s visit, Qatar’s image records another success

When Sheikh Tarim bin Hamad Thani, Emir of Qatar, will host President Trump at a luxurious dinner at his palace in Doha on Wednesday evening, it will be the culmination of a successful magic by an attack by the Gulf waste wasting, which seems likely to include the luxurious promise of Mr. Trump-without any connection.

The president, who described the prince as a “noble man” and “a friend of mine”, gives Qatar an honor to host one of the first foreign visits in his second term. For the plane, the president says it will be “stupid” not to accept such a gentle gift despite the noisy objections, not only from Democrats but from some of his most supporters Maga.

It is a dramatic transformation of the small Persian Gulf country that Mr. Trump mocked eight years ago as “a very highly high terrorism.” At that time, he cooperated with Qatar’s bitter competitors in the region – who imposed Punishment siege Ali Doha – in the call to the extent of what it described as “an extremist ideology in the country.”

Since then, Qatar has continued to try to turn its reputation in the global community, partly by spending millions of dollars on pressure groups in Washington and other capitals. Among them was the pressure groups Pam Bondi, and now the Prosecutor of Mr. Trump.

A large part of the transformation of Qatar’s photos was to host the FIFA World Cup in 2022. A year later, when the terrorists led by Hamas attacked Israel and launched months of the brutal war in Gaza, Qatar became an important line of communication between the armed group and Israel.

“What Qatar is trying to do today is not only in his wealth and they are happy with the fact that Trump wants to visit him, but also a kind of extravagance to say,” Yes, we have returned, “said Simon Henderson, a older colleague at the Washington Institute for the recent East Policy.

He told Mr. Trump that the plane is important, “because he loves big aircraft and also because he wants a commercial victory that can be determined – something he honors.”

But the possibility of the Air Force, which suffers from a Qatari heritage, inspired a violent reaction between the Americans who are not ascends like Mr. Trump about the generosity of Qatar, or its motives.

It is not surprising that Chuck Schumer, the Senate Senate of the Senate, objected to a pledge on Tuesday to prevent all judicial candidates for Mr. Trump until the White House answered questions about the moral and security repercussions of the president who accepts such a gift and use it as a basic means of transportation.

The issue also created a rare rift between Mr. Trump and the people in the heart of his political mechanism.

“Like, please determine” America first “in a way that it says you must take bags of money from Qatari Royal,” said Bin Shapiro, a pioneering podcast host, sarcastically in his program. “It is not” America first “in any way that can be imagined.”

Laura Loomer, the right -wing influencer who succeeded in pressuring Mr. Trump to launch aides who considered her lack of for the president, blew the idea on many social media sites.

“We cannot accept a” gift “worth $ 400 million of jihadists in the claims,” ​​Mrs. Loomer books Tuesday.

Qatar has long said that its financing for Gaza was approved by Israel, and that the money went to humanitarian projects and the salaries of civilian employees in Gaza. Critics, like Mrs. Lumer, reject this interpretation.

“I say this as a person who takes a bullet for Trump. I am very disappointed,” she added.

Mark Levin, a joint and fierce radio host for Mr. Trump, had a single word for Mrs. Loomer: “Ditto”.

A Qatari official said that no decision was made about donating the plane, and that such a decision may be weeks or months away. The official said that the legal teams were declining the possibility of transporting the plane to the US Department of Defense.

The case arose against the background of possible commercial communications. A person with knowledge of the issue indicated that Qatar and Boeing will announce this week’s deal that Qatar says it intends to buy Boeing aircraft.

For his part, Mr. Trump ignored criticism. “Just a fool who will not accept this gift on behalf of our country,” he books On the social truth platform on Tuesday.

The reaction to the fact that many people are still skeptical in Qatar and his declared transformation.

Critics note that Qatar, as a conflict in Gaza, is the result of its willingness to allow many senior political officials in Hamas to live there. Qatari officials often notice that the United States asked them to host Hamas leaders so that there is an open line.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu from Israel is among the country’s critics. “It is time for Qatar to stop playing both sides with his double conversation and decides whether it is on the side of civilization or if it is on the side of the barbarism Hamas,” Mr. Netanyahu Books on social media This month.

However, Israeli officials confirmed that the negotiator delegation will go to Doha on Tuesday, on the eve of the arrival of Mr. Trump, to resume discussions about ending the war in Gaza. Steve Whittkov, chief negotiator for Mr. Trump in the region, went to Doha separately to participate in the talks.

Mr. Witkev spoke warmly about Qatar, noting that it has used its effect again and again with Hamas to hack since the war began. This led to many hostages and two fires, the most recent of which collapsed in March.

“They are well enthusiastic. They are good, decent,” said Mr. Wittouf for Qatar during an interview with Taker Karlson. “What they want is effective mediation, which reaches the goal of peace. Why? Because it is a small nation, and they want to be recognized as a peacemaker.”

Qatar has worked hard to establish important links with the United States over the years, including the sale of liquefied natural gas, which has an abundance. It has spent 8 billion dollars to develop the Al -Wadid Air Force Base, which the United States allows to use as a major part of the American military presence in the region.

Trump, led by the president of the president, He recently agreed to the development A new golf stadium in the Middle East and a real estate project in Qatar in a deal that included a government -owned Kattari company. Qatar also helped mediate the return of children to Ukraine, who were transferred to Russia after its invasion in 2022.

Three Western diplomats, all of whom asked not to be identified to discuss sensitive regional diplomacy, said they believed that although the plane for Mr. Trump was aimed at establishing Qatar’s strategic relationship with the United States, it was an attempt to compete with regional competitors who represent their own obligations.

Qatar is strongly competing with its largest neighbors, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates. Mr. Trump visits all three countries during his trip to the Middle East this week, a sign of equality that the happiest officials in Qatar.

During the visit, the prince and other senior Qatari officials are expected to celebrate Mr. Trump as a host of the upcoming World Cup in the United States. Mr. Trump is accompanied by Qatar by Gianni Infantino, Chairman of the Governing Authority for Football.

For many sports enthusiasts, Qatar was an unknown country until it won the World Cup, which is the most popular event in global sport.

Qatar’s sudden victory in the context of the World Cup bid, which was often called one of the most dirt in the history of sport, relied on the small peninsula with a thumb that practiced the largest weapon that could: criticism. Qatar, which has severely denied the allegations of bribery in this process, its competitors, including the United States, is superior to persuading FIFA members, which will be charged with many of them on charges of corruption, to the choice of the Sahrawi state as a host.

The country was also criticized for treating workers who helped build and operate the World Cup. A Report in 2024 He urged compensation for workers who were injured and the families of those who died.

The accumulation of the World Cup Qatar on the map, which gives it a prominent dependent on it when facing one of the biggest challenges in its history – a dispute with its Gulf neighbors, which the Qataris considered a threat to their existence.

Despite its much smaller army, Qatar was able to bear the diplomatic and economic blockade that began in 2017, when Saudi Arabia and many neighbors accused Qatar of supporting terrorism, cutting relations and preventing Qatar from crossing its land or airspace. The conflict was not resolved until 2021.

In the search for the World Cup, Qatar spent huge sums on public relations and western alternatives to present its case. Regional experts said at the time, being a host of games and a major football investor who presented a form of protection, without which he was more vulnerable to economic damage resulting from the siege.

Qatar, who is still a FIFA sponsor, continued to spend on sports and use it for global influence. Businessman Nasser Al -Khulaifi, a former prince tennis partner, has become one of the most powerful men in European football.

Despite the various criticisms directed at Qatar, Daniel Pinyim, who was the Deputy Assistant Secretary of Foreign Affairs for the Affairs of the Arabian Peninsula during the era of President Joseph R. Biden Junior, the relationship is worthy of attention to the United States, in general.

Mr. Penyem said: “No one of these countries is a monopoly or virtue, including Qatar, and each of them brings the strengths, opponents and various priorities when it comes to progress in a wide range of American interests.”