Denouncing Qatar Last News Today

Now, we dont know if those two things are linked. we dont know if the white house -- the white house radical policy shift against qatar was revenge by jared kushner for qatar refusing to pay up to his dad. but thats where things stood before today. now the whole deal has swung back the other way. so now you can see this dynamic at work from a whole different angle and draw your own conclusions. for whatever reason president trump and the white house more broadly, they softened their stance on qa...

Came out and said, yeah, actually, we dont support that blockade against qatar anymore, never mind what we said last year, weve changed our mind now. "pompeos message to saudis, enough is enough. stop qatar blockade." lets step back from this a second. weve got a big military base in qatar. its the headquarters of centcom. weve got friendly relations. theyre an ally. we dont know what caused this white house and this president to turn suddenly hostile against qatar last year. but we know that su...

Then a couple of weeks later, late last month, the new secretary of state mike pompeo came out and said yeah, actually, we dont support that blockade against qatar anymore, never mind what we said last year, weve changed our mind now. "pompeos message to saudis, enough is enough. stop qatar blockade." lets step back from this a second. weve got a big military base in qatar. its the headquarters of centcom. weve got friendly relations. theyre an ally. we dont know what caused this white house and...

But thats where things stood before today. now the whole deal has swung back the other way. so now you can see this dynamic at work from a whole different angle and draw your own conclusions. for whatever reason president trump and the white house more broadly, they softened their stance on qatar within the last few weeks. after, prize, denouncing qatar last year as a funder of terrorism at a very high level, after announcing that the u.s. would support the shock blockade of that country by its ...