Janet Levy: The terrorist slave state of Qatar has spent $100 billion to influence members of Congress, to indoctrinate students from K-12 to university level, to buy favorable coverage at U.S. newsrooms, and to sway think tanks and corporations. It has also invested $225 million for lobbying and PR in Washington, D.C., and $8 BILLION on Al Udeid Air Base in the Doha area – the largest U.S. base in the region. Qatar spends far more on influence peddling in the U.S. capital than any other country – 2/3rds more than Communist China!
“Conservative” Newsmax received $50 million from Al Thani in 2019. Common Sense Media Holdings was the recipient of $180,000.
Qatar funds Hamas, Hezbollah, Al Qaeda, the Taliban, ISIS and the Muslim Brotherhood (MB). The Qataris helped the Taliban take over Afghanistan and harbored the late MB spiritual leader Al Qaradawi, who broadcast a show – “Sharia and Life” – in which he justified terrorist attacks and encouraged Muslims to fight U.S. troops in Iraq and Afghanistan.
Al Jazeera is a Qatari government-sponsored media outlet. The Israeli government discovered that at least six Al Jazeera journalists were members of Hamas and Palestinians Islamic Jihad.
The apparent objective of the terrorist Al Thani and company is to neuter the U.S. ability to respond to Islamist threats. He has far too much influence over Pentagon military strategy and will now have more after Trump’s visit.
If you thought that the mega-business deals signed by Trump were welcomed by Qatar as opportunities for “economic prosperity,” you’d be mistaken. Qatar is a very rich country with a GDP per capita of $121,610. That’s $121,610 for every man, woman and child in the kingdom. In the U.S., the GDP per capita is $89,110.
(Only Luxembourg – $132,800 – and Singapore – $127,500 has higher per capita GDPs).Can you think of the quid pro quo for a terrorist slave state if these are not “business deals” to bolster their economy?
I’d recommend reading the entire article below – lengthy, but informative.
The tiny Gulf nation has spent almost $100 billion to establish its influence in Congress, universities, newsrooms, think tanks, and corporations. What does it want in return?
By Frannie Block & Jay Solomon | The Free Press | May 13, 2025
On Wednesday, Donald Trump will travel to Qatar. On his trip, the president will visit Al Udeid Air Base, the largest American military facility in the region, and attend meetings with the ruling Al Thani family. Perhaps he will also thank them for the $400 million gift of a luxury Boeing 747-8 jumbo jet that will reportedly be retrofitted for his use, and then transferred to his presidential library.
The airplane deal was signed off by Attorney General Pam Bondi. She used to work at a Washington, D.C., lobbying firm that received $115,000 a month from Qatar to fight human trafficking, according to a 2019 contract reviewed by The Free Press.
She’s not the only one in the administration with ties to the Persian Gulf state.
President Trump’s chief of staff, Susie Wiles, led lobbying firm Mercury Public Affairs when it represented Qatar’s embassy in Washington. FBI Director Kash Patel worked as a consultant for Qatar, though he didn’t register as a foreign agent.
And then there is Steve Witkoff, president Trump’s longtime friend and senior adviser, who is accompanying him on his trip this week. For months now, Witkoff has served as Trump’s special envoy to the Middle East—and his name has been floated as a future national security adviser. Witkoff also happens to be a beneficiary of Qatar’s largesse: In 2023, Qatar’s sovereign wealth fund bought out his faltering investment in New York’s Park Lane Hotel for $623 million.
Meanwhile, the Trump Organization is hard at work planning a new luxury golf resort near Qatar’s capital, Doha, in partnership with a Qatari company. Trump’s son Donald Trump Jr. will speak next week at the invitation-only Qatar Economic Forum in a session titled “Investing in America.”
If you were just a casual reader of these facts—an ordinary American who doesn’t think much about the Middle East after America’s traumatic wars of the 2000s—you would think Qatar is a top American ally, a trustworthy partner, and a key hub of international commerce—a country in good enough standing that the president of the United States would use its plane as Air Force One.
But Qatar is also a seat of the Muslim Brotherhood, a crucial source of financing to Hamas, a diplomatic and energy partner of Iran, a refuge for the Taliban’s exiled political leadership, financier and cheerleader of Palestinian terrorism, and the chief propagandist of Islamism through its media powerhouse, Al Jazeera, which reaches 430 million people in more than 150 countries.
It simply doesn’t make sense; totally out-of-character…
It’s not as if Trump believes he can “get away with” what he’s apparently doing. He knows and we all know what’s going on. Look for legislation to stop the incessant funding of all of America by Qatar. If this doesn’t happen then we’re ‘way off the rails.