Watchdog: As Trump Signs “Rare” Military Protection Order For Qatar, Trump & Special Envoy Witkoff Families Have Massive Stake In Businesses Tied To Qatari Government

Washington D.C. – This week, President Trump signed an executive order to “guarantee” Qatar’s security in a “rare promise of U.S. military backup” for a foreign nation. While billing the move as a U.S. national security priority, Donald Trump neglected to mention how deeply financially invested he and his billionaire partner-in-crypto and Special Envoy to the Middle East, Steve Witkoff, are in businesses tied to the Qatari government – to the tune of hundreds of millions of dollars. 

These personal interests include the Trump Organization’s luxury golf resort just north of Doha being developed in partnership with a Qatari government-owned company.  Further, an Accountable.US review highlights Steve Witkoff’s flurry of official actions concerning Qatar and other Middle East nations — under unclear and highly unusual “special government employee” (SGE) status — that have posed major conflict of interest concerns about he and his family’s deep personal and business ties with the nation’s government. 

“Yet again erasing the line between administration policy and his own interests, Donald Trump apparently wants U.S. taxpayers to foot the bill for potential military protection of his luxury Qatar golf course while currying favor with his Qatari-government-tied business partners,” said Accountable.US Executive Director Tony Carrk. “Throughout the second Trump term, it’s been exceedingly rare to see an administration action that does not somehow benefit the Trump family or the President’s wealthy friends, investors and donors. Perfectly encapsulating his warped priorities, the President signed this Qatari military pledge on the eve of a U.S. government shutdown over his insistence on hiking health premiums and ripping away coverage from tens of millions of Americans.” 

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