Hussein Ibish

But collectively, those 350,000 or so Qataris are the largest single exporter in the world of liquid natural gas. And obviously, all of the wealth goes to the citizens. I mean, it's just amazing. You've never seen a country with this level of per capita wealth. And it uses that money for national interest. In this case, what they've done is one of the former prime ministers, who is a royal,

But collectively, those 350,000 or so Qataris are the largest single exporter in the world of liquid natural gas. And obviously, all of the wealth goes to the citizens. I mean, it's just amazing. You've never seen a country with this level of per capita wealth. And it uses that money for national interest. In this case, what they've done is one of the former prime ministers, who is a royal,

has a jet, a luxury Boeing 747 that's kitted out, not for a president, but for a wealthy man who enjoys luxury travel on his own private plane. So what the Qataris have done is they've said, you can have the plane. for use as president while you're in office. And after that, it will be transferred to your presidential library, meaning he could still use it after that.

has a jet, a luxury Boeing 747 that's kitted out, not for a president, but for a wealthy man who enjoys luxury travel on his own private plane. So what the Qataris have done is they've said, you can have the plane. for use as president while you're in office. And after that, it will be transferred to your presidential library, meaning he could still use it after that.

has a jet, a luxury Boeing 747 that's kitted out, not for a president, but for a wealthy man who enjoys luxury travel on his own private plane. So what the Qataris have done is they've said, you can have the plane. for use as president while you're in office. And after that, it will be transferred to your presidential library, meaning he could still use it after that.

So it's sort of been... They've very cleverly muddied the waters or blurred the line between private and public here in order to give this plane to Donald Trump as an individual, and they can say... that they haven't, that they've given it to his presidency.

So it's sort of been... They've very cleverly muddied the waters or blurred the line between private and public here in order to give this plane to Donald Trump as an individual, and they can say... that they haven't, that they've given it to his presidency.

So it's sort of been... They've very cleverly muddied the waters or blurred the line between private and public here in order to give this plane to Donald Trump as an individual, and they can say... that they haven't, that they've given it to his presidency.

Yeah, well, in a lot of ways, I think that's true. I remember a certain high-ranking, formerly very high-ranking Gulf individual who said just as much in 2016 after he was elected. They said he does the same things, and he listed a bunch of verbs that were unlawful actions and said, we do that and he does that. It's not obviously unlawful in their countries.

Yeah, well, in a lot of ways, I think that's true. I remember a certain high-ranking, formerly very high-ranking Gulf individual who said just as much in 2016 after he was elected. They said he does the same things, and he listed a bunch of verbs that were unlawful actions and said, we do that and he does that. It's not obviously unlawful in their countries.

Yeah, well, in a lot of ways, I think that's true. I remember a certain high-ranking, formerly very high-ranking Gulf individual who said just as much in 2016 after he was elected. They said he does the same things, and he listed a bunch of verbs that were unlawful actions and said, we do that and he does that. It's not obviously unlawful in their countries.

It's normative, but traditionally not allowed in the United States and in Western countries in general. And I think this man was absolutely correct when he said, we do this and he does that. We do this and he does that. And that they would feel very comfortable with him. They certainly would disagree about how much pressure he should put on Israel regarding Gaza. Things like that.

It's normative, but traditionally not allowed in the United States and in Western countries in general. And I think this man was absolutely correct when he said, we do this and he does that. We do this and he does that. And that they would feel very comfortable with him. They certainly would disagree about how much pressure he should put on Israel regarding Gaza. Things like that.

It's normative, but traditionally not allowed in the United States and in Western countries in general. And I think this man was absolutely correct when he said, we do this and he does that. We do this and he does that. And that they would feel very comfortable with him. They certainly would disagree about how much pressure he should put on Israel regarding Gaza. Things like that.

But I was thinking yesterday that there's really no daylight. between Trump's positions on all the really most important issues and those of Saudi Arabia. You can't find a major irritant there, which is really amazing. Such as what? What issues? Well, I mean, anything you think of.

But I was thinking yesterday that there's really no daylight. between Trump's positions on all the really most important issues and those of Saudi Arabia. You can't find a major irritant there, which is really amazing. Such as what? What issues? Well, I mean, anything you think of.

But I was thinking yesterday that there's really no daylight. between Trump's positions on all the really most important issues and those of Saudi Arabia. You can't find a major irritant there, which is really amazing. Such as what? What issues? Well, I mean, anything you think of.

The war in Ukraine, the nature of U.S.-Saudi relations, how business should be conducted, the Yemen war, talks with Iran, they both want a deal. They convinced him that lifting the sanctions on Syria was a good idea. They just agree more or less on just about any issue. And that can change overnight, because if there was a spike in oil prices, they would disagree right away.

The war in Ukraine, the nature of U.S.-Saudi relations, how business should be conducted, the Yemen war, talks with Iran, they both want a deal. They convinced him that lifting the sanctions on Syria was a good idea. They just agree more or less on just about any issue. And that can change overnight, because if there was a spike in oil prices, they would disagree right away.

The war in Ukraine, the nature of U.S.-Saudi relations, how business should be conducted, the Yemen war, talks with Iran, they both want a deal. They convinced him that lifting the sanctions on Syria was a good idea. They just agree more or less on just about any issue. And that can change overnight, because if there was a spike in oil prices, they would disagree right away.