President Trump is taking credit for the diplomatic row which resulted in Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Bahrain, Yemen, the United Arab Emirates, the Maldives cutting ties with Qatar earlier this week.
Trump tweeted, "During my recent trip to the Middle East I stated that there can no longer be funding of Radical Ideology. Leaders pointed to Qatar - look!"
Aside from the fact some of these other Arab nations have funded their share of terrorism (the Saudis in particular) why is this something Trump wants to tout as a triumph? Our largest military base is situated in Qatar. Why would Trump want to endanger the lives of our military personnel? Trump has long been fond of crisis, but this isn't Celebrity Apprentice. Trump's words could put targets on the back of our military. If something happens at al-Udeid Trump is going to have blood on his hands.
If anything, the United States should be resolving this dispute. Instead, our President pours gasoline on a fire that is already burning high. So this task falls to Kuwait.
Our country can ill afford to put up with this fool for the next 3½ days let alone the next 3½ years.
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