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The US has secured investments worth $10 trillion as result of President Donald Trump’s Middle East tour this week, Trump said in a speech at Al Udeid Air Base in Qatar today.
Trump said that Qatar will make $42 billion in military purchases and invest $10 billion to improve Al Udeid Air Base, which houses members of the US, UK, and Qatari air forces.
Trump’s visit to Doha is part of a Gulf tour that began on Tuesday in Saudi Arabia and is scheduled to conclude Friday in the United Arab Emirates.
His visit to Qatar is the first by a US president to the Gulf country since George W. Bush’s visit in 2003.
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An infographic titled “Trump’s high-stakes Gulf tour” created in Ankara, Turkiye on May 13, 2025. [Yasin Demirci – Anadolu Agency]
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