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What Trump's Qatar Tweets Revealed

The limits of going it alone in the fight against terrorism
Source: Jonathan Ernst / Reuters

On Tuesday, President Donald Trump published a series of vehement statements on Twitter in response to the decision by seven Arab countries to abruptly cut off ties with Qatar. “During my recent trip to the Middle East I stated that there can no longer be funding of Radical Ideology. Leaders pointed to Qatar—look!” Trump on Tuesday. “So good to see the Saudi Arabia visit with the King and 50 countries already paying off. They said they would take a hard line on funding extremism, and all reference was pointing to Qatar. Perhaps this will be the beginning ofleft to who tweeted them, and when: “The president? When did that occur?”)

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