department have tried to remain neutral on this issue but the president of the u.n., president trump seems to be taking credit for nations deciding to cut diplomatic ties with qatar. >> reporter: and this is sending mixed signals to a country like qatar that is a vital u.s. ally in this part of the world, hosting about 11,000 u.s. troops based just outside of doha. the u.s. central military central command, former headquarters also here in qatar. you're talking about isis, the fight against isis, talking about coalition, planes to take off from qatar to hit syria and iraq. these mixed signals and how that impact that. senior u.s. officials in the past couple of days coming out and saying they are grateful for qatar's ruole they want to see this resolved. but they are seeing the president of the united states