President Trump Signs Executive Order Guaranteeing U.S. Security Of Middle Eastern Nation

President Trump signed an executive order saying the United States would provide protection to Qatar, including, if necessary, military action.

“In the event of such an attack, the United States shall take all lawful and appropriate measures — including diplomatic, economic, and, if necessary, military — to defend the interests of the United States and of the State of Qatar and to restore peace and stability,” the executive order reads.

“The Secretary of War, in coordination with the Secretary of State and the Director of National Intelligence, shall maintain joint contingency planning with the State of Qatar to ensure a rapid and coordinated response to any foreign aggression against the State of Qatar,” it continues.

President Trump issued an executive order pledging US defense of Qatar, declaring any assault on the Gulf state a direct threat to American security.

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CBS News has more:

A Qatari official confirmed to CBS News on Wednesday that the Trump administration’s move to grant the small Gulf state the rare promise of U.S. military backup in the event of an attack on its territory came in response to Israel bombing Qatar’s capital, Doha, on Sept. 9.

Israel said its attack was aimed at Hamas leaders gathered in the Qatari capital, where the U.S.- and Israeli-designated terrorist group has long maintained a political office.

Qatar hosts the largest U.S. military base in the Middle East, the Al-Udeid Air Base, where thousands of American forces are stationed. The United States already classifies Qatar as a Major Non-NATO Ally, a designation that was approved by President Biden.

“The State of Qatar has hosted United States forces, enabled critical security operations, and stood as a steadfast ally in pursuit of peace, stability, and prosperity, both in the Middle East and abroad, including as a mediator that has assisted the United States’ attempts to resolve significant regional and global conflicts.  In recognition of this history, and in light of the continuing threats to the State of Qatar posed by foreign aggression, it is the policy of the United States to guarantee the security and territorial integrity of the State of Qatar against external attack,” the executive order reads.

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Axios shared further info:

The U.S. move shows how Qatar managed to leverage the crisis to both isolate Israel and get a strategic breakthrough no other Arab country has managed.

Under pressure from Trump, Netanyahu had to apologize to Qatar both in private and in public for the strike — a major political humiliation.

Trump’s advisers also leveraged the Israel-Qatar crisis to get Netanyahu to accept a plan for ending the war in Gaza for the first time since the Hamas Oct. 7 attacks.

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Many Arab countries, most notably Saudi Arabia, have asked over the years for such a security guarantee from the U.S. but were denied.

“Saudi Arabia thought that to get a defense pact with the United States, it would require normalizing relations with Israel. Qatar managed to get a partial defense pact with the United States by getting attacked by Israel,” a former U.S. official said.

Meanwhile, Netanyahu and his confidant Ron Dermer have been trying for years to get a defense treaty with Washington. Instead, the Israeli strike on Doha led to a defense pact between the U.S. and Qatar, with which Israel has very strained relations.

Read the full executive order HERE.