America’s Accidental New Military Ally

The Trump administration has made an unprecedentedly sloppy security guarantee to Qatar.

President Donald J. Trump participates in an arrival ceremony at the Amiri Diwan, the official workplace of the emir, on May 14, 2025, in Doha, Qatar. October 6, 2025, 1:55 PM Comment icon View Comments ( )

Last month, with a stroke of a pen, President Donald Trump upended America’s security role in the Middle East. For the first time in its history, Washington formally committed to the defense of a regional partner (except for Turkey, a NATO ally ). That partner is not Israel, Saudi Arabia, or Egypt, but the tiny Gulf Arab nation of Qatar.

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