The Tucker Carlson Show - December 07, 2025


Tucker and Qatar’s Prime Minister React to Trump’s Move Against Bibi


Episode Stats

Length

22 minutes

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148.85547

Word Count

3,362

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136

Hate Speech Sentences

12


Summary

Qatar hosted Hamas in Qatar, and the United States and Israel have accused Qatar of financing Hamas. In this episode, we talk to Qatar's foreign minister, Sheikh Mohammed bin Fadl Al-Hamadi, about what exactly happened and why Qatar agreed to host Hamas.


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00:00:58.620 Thank you, Sheikh Mohammed, for doing this.
00:01:02.200 Have you been reading the coverage on American social media of this?
00:01:07.520 Well, actually, I've been going through some of them this morning.
00:01:11.460 And I saw, like, a lot of contradicting messages.
00:01:14.480 Pretty intense, I'd say.
00:01:15.520 This country is being denounced as a terror state, terror financing,
00:01:21.780 very high volume, lots of attacks,
00:01:28.900 including from politicians, sitting U.S. senators, Ted Cruz, for example.
00:01:35.160 And the main criticism seems to revolve around Hamas,
00:01:39.040 and the idea is that your country, and you specifically,
00:01:41.840 are supporters of Hamas, you're terror financers.
00:01:45.540 And I'd like to just get right to the truth of that.
00:01:48.660 So my understanding is Hamas is here in Doha
00:01:52.400 because the United States and Israel asked you to host Hamas.
00:01:57.780 Is that true?
00:01:58.440 And if not, what is the truth about Hamas in Doha?
00:02:00.760 Well, thank you.
00:02:01.520 Thank you, Tucker.
00:02:02.500 First of all, look,
00:02:05.740 the starting of the relationship with Hamas and the communication
00:02:09.500 was started back more than 10 years, 13 years ago
00:02:15.460 at the request of the United States.
00:02:17.840 Even beyond that, like, it was 19 years ago
00:02:20.220 when they first participated in the election,
00:02:23.020 and then when they moved their office back in 2012 here,
00:02:27.400 it was used only for the communication
00:02:30.000 and to facilitate, like, ceasefire, facilitating aids to Gaza.
00:02:34.300 Now, unfortunately, Qatar has been attacked for having them here,
00:02:41.020 but when you look, you know, at what's happening within the region,
00:02:46.280 this region, when you look at its conflict,
00:02:49.140 it has the parties of the conflict,
00:02:51.860 sometimes they are state actors,
00:02:53.220 sometimes they are non-state actors.
00:02:55.060 If you have no one speaking to those non-state actors,
00:02:58.340 how are we going to resolve or to reach to a solution
00:03:01.080 at the end of the day?
00:03:02.220 And now we have seen that this communication
00:03:04.280 has led to ceasefires,
00:03:06.660 has led to the release of the hostages,
00:03:08.480 has led to elevating the suffering of the people over there.
00:03:12.540 And unfortunately, you know,
00:03:14.240 there are, like, politicians who are trying to use this
00:03:17.160 to score, like, short-term political gains
00:03:20.040 to fuel their narratives
00:03:21.940 in order to, like, you know,
00:03:24.740 using Qatar to blame another country
00:03:27.860 for what's happening over there
00:03:29.300 or for their wrong policies.
00:03:31.080 All our aid and all our support and financing
00:03:33.920 that went and what they claim that it went to Hamas,
00:03:37.460 went to Gaza, went to the people,
00:03:39.040 and it was under very transparent process
00:03:41.200 that the United States is fully aware about.
00:03:44.020 Israel is the one who's facilitating,
00:03:46.060 and it's not one government,
00:03:47.860 it was across governments.
00:03:49.280 Netanyahu, Bennett,
00:03:51.520 we have dealt with all the agencies.
00:03:53.920 Lapid was the prime minister at a certain point of time.
00:03:56.680 Mossad, Shembet,
00:03:58.320 the Ministry of Foreign Affairs,
00:03:59.460 all of them, and the defense,
00:04:01.420 all of them, they were involved in these aids
00:04:04.180 and the delivery of those aids.
00:04:05.380 So today, when they are claiming that this financing of,
00:04:09.340 this is the financing of Qatar to Hamas,
00:04:11.860 it has no basis.
00:04:13.440 It's just, you know,
00:04:14.840 a way to spread this information about a country
00:04:18.100 that doesn't do anything for them,
00:04:20.800 but it's doing things that are against their policies.
00:04:24.900 If you just go to Qatar records
00:04:28.100 in its engagement with the United States
00:04:31.000 for the last 20 years or 30 years,
00:04:33.480 Qatar has never went to the United States
00:04:36.760 and, you know, encouraging them to bomb this country
00:04:39.720 or to support this group or to that group.
00:04:42.720 We've been always in our dialogues with the United States
00:04:46.140 about how we de-escalate the region,
00:04:48.040 how we bring peace to the region,
00:04:49.460 and this peace cannot happen without an engagement
00:04:51.960 with everyone in the region.
00:04:54.080 Well, I'm confused then.
00:04:55.540 If you hosted Hamas here
00:04:58.760 and sent money to Gaza,
00:05:01.040 both of those things at the request of the U.S. government
00:05:03.780 and the Israeli government,
00:05:05.800 successive Israeli governments,
00:05:07.440 why did Israel bomb your country?
00:05:11.000 Well, it's, I don't know if there is,
00:05:13.960 I don't know if, you know,
00:05:17.860 if any of the actions that's been,
00:05:20.400 like, or many of the actions that's been taken,
00:05:22.780 been justified or rationalized
00:05:25.280 or even, like, were ethical actions.
00:05:28.060 But in a principle,
00:05:29.040 even you have a mediator,
00:05:32.260 you know, the concept of mediation
00:05:34.140 is, like, a safe place
00:05:35.660 for the conflicted parties
00:05:37.260 to achieve a deal,
00:05:39.640 to end wars and to end conflicts
00:05:41.380 and to have the mediator being bombed
00:05:43.540 by one of the parties of the conflict,
00:05:46.620 this has been unprecedented
00:05:48.080 and I've said that many times,
00:05:50.700 that this is, you know,
00:05:52.800 it's not only an unethical move,
00:05:55.280 it's just, you know,
00:05:57.540 throwing everything, like, you know,
00:05:59.480 against the wall,
00:06:00.380 like throwing the international law,
00:06:02.020 throwing the respect of the sovereignty
00:06:03.280 of any other country.
00:06:04.920 Beside, you know,
00:06:07.840 ethically, it's not really acceptable
00:06:10.340 or no one can swallow it.
00:06:11.740 No, and the aftermath
00:06:16.580 was also unprecedented.
00:06:18.840 So, President Trump
00:06:20.540 basically told the Israelis
00:06:24.160 to apologize to you.
00:06:25.780 He took your side,
00:06:28.420 he took the side of an Arab country
00:06:29.800 against Israel in this specific case.
00:06:32.640 I don't think I've ever seen that before.
00:06:35.440 I don't think it's ever happened before.
00:06:36.820 What was your reaction to that?
00:06:38.960 Well, of course,
00:06:41.080 President Trump has took,
00:06:44.180 was very clear from the beginning
00:06:45.720 since the attack.
00:06:47.160 Actually, when he was informed
00:06:50.160 about the attack,
00:06:51.000 he assigned one of his advisors
00:06:54.120 to reach out to us.
00:06:56.260 And at the same time,
00:06:57.740 he called His Highness
00:06:58.640 after the attack
00:06:59.680 and he expressed his frustration,
00:07:05.380 his disappointment
00:07:06.120 from such a thing
00:07:07.560 that's happening by Israel
00:07:08.700 because he knows everything
00:07:09.960 about the process
00:07:10.660 and he knows
00:07:11.220 how helpful we were
00:07:13.060 throughout this process.
00:07:15.440 And, you know,
00:07:18.100 this kind of move
00:07:19.240 was shocking for him
00:07:20.660 as, you know,
00:07:22.340 a partner in these efforts
00:07:24.660 and these endeavors
00:07:25.400 to achieve peace in Gaza.
00:07:27.140 And at that time,
00:07:28.200 actually,
00:07:29.160 when the strike happened,
00:07:31.100 it was happening
00:07:32.220 while we were trying
00:07:34.260 to convince Hamas
00:07:36.760 to accept the offer
00:07:37.840 that was made
00:07:38.380 by President Trump
00:07:39.360 at that time.
00:07:41.040 To convince them
00:07:42.060 to engage,
00:07:42.780 to convince them
00:07:43.800 to get, you know,
00:07:46.940 get a deal
00:07:47.540 before the 20 points
00:07:48.920 being developed
00:07:49.520 when the attack happened.
00:07:53.120 So you're saying
00:07:54.280 that President Trump
00:07:56.340 was surprised
00:07:57.200 by the bombing
00:07:57.920 of Doha
00:07:58.540 by the Israelis.
00:07:59.860 Of course,
00:08:00.720 it was his peace process
00:08:02.340 that was short-circuited
00:08:04.760 by their bombing
00:08:05.760 using American money.
00:08:06.940 You're saying
00:08:07.360 that the president
00:08:08.000 didn't know
00:08:08.900 that was going to happen.
00:08:09.920 He was surprised.
00:08:11.220 He called us right away.
00:08:15.080 His advisors
00:08:15.920 reached out to us.
00:08:16.980 They reached out to us
00:08:18.200 just a couple of minutes
00:08:20.060 before the attack,
00:08:20.960 which was like
00:08:21.540 the attack was already happening.
00:08:22.780 So it was a very clear
00:08:28.240 demonstration
00:08:28.820 with all the actions
00:08:29.900 that this is something
00:08:30.920 happened against his will
00:08:32.220 and he doesn't accept it.
00:08:35.480 And he made it very clear
00:08:37.900 for everyone
00:08:38.640 that this is like a red line
00:08:42.680 that he doesn't want
00:08:44.200 anyone to cross it
00:08:45.040 and we highly value that
00:08:46.180 and appreciate it.
00:08:47.040 And I'm just pressing you
00:08:48.040 on this because
00:08:48.620 there were news accounts
00:08:50.000 in the subsequent days,
00:08:52.180 the next day,
00:08:52.680 the day after
00:08:53.340 in Israel saying,
00:08:55.500 no, the Israeli government
00:08:57.000 did this,
00:08:58.660 the prime minister did this
00:09:00.640 with the agreement
00:09:02.560 of Donald Trump.
00:09:03.600 This was part of
00:09:04.440 Donald Trump's plan
00:09:05.580 was to bomb Doha,
00:09:06.680 bomb his own peace negotiations.
00:09:08.560 And you're saying
00:09:09.000 that's not true.
00:09:09.820 Well, I think
00:09:10.340 this is one of many efforts
00:09:11.840 to sabotage the relationship
00:09:13.340 between Qatar
00:09:14.060 and the United States
00:09:14.800 and they want us
00:09:15.580 to believe that.
00:09:16.960 And I think that,
00:09:18.220 you know,
00:09:19.380 these efforts
00:09:19.960 are not new to us.
00:09:21.080 We have seen
00:09:21.880 a lot of efforts
00:09:23.800 ongoing for years now
00:09:25.340 on, you know,
00:09:26.640 based on this information
00:09:27.860 and spreading lies
00:09:29.500 and false information
00:09:30.360 about Qatar
00:09:31.080 in order to hurt
00:09:32.380 the relationship
00:09:33.020 between Qatar
00:09:34.340 and the United States,
00:09:35.060 which we see it
00:09:36.060 from our perspective
00:09:37.140 as mutually beneficial
00:09:38.280 for both countries
00:09:39.660 because we advocate
00:09:41.820 for something different
00:09:43.200 than what, you know,
00:09:44.960 our adversaries advocate.
00:09:46.400 Our adversaries
00:09:47.000 are advocating
00:09:47.520 for escalation,
00:09:48.960 for bombing,
00:09:49.760 for controlling,
00:09:51.280 but we advocate
00:09:52.660 for resolving conflict
00:09:54.700 in a diplomatic way,
00:09:56.580 trying to stabilize
00:09:58.080 the region,
00:09:58.980 and that has been
00:09:59.920 Qatar policy
00:10:00.700 since inception.
00:10:01.280 So you said
00:10:04.280 that your country
00:10:05.260 has sent money
00:10:06.020 to Gaza
00:10:06.820 for humanitarian reasons,
00:10:09.140 that's your position,
00:10:11.080 basically paying
00:10:14.380 to help the people
00:10:16.280 who are being bombed
00:10:17.180 by Israel.
00:10:18.940 Now there's the question
00:10:20.140 of who rebuilds Gaza,
00:10:21.920 which has, of course,
00:10:22.520 been completely destroyed,
00:10:23.980 and who pays for it?
00:10:25.980 And I wonder,
00:10:27.220 well, I don't wonder,
00:10:27.820 I just imagine
00:10:28.620 with total certainty
00:10:29.920 that you will be asked
00:10:30.940 to pay for the rebuilding
00:10:32.060 of Gaza.
00:10:33.760 Why would you do that?
00:10:35.240 Why would you rebuild
00:10:36.920 a region
00:10:38.020 that's been destroyed
00:10:39.820 by a country
00:10:40.700 that also bombed you?
00:10:43.300 Well, look, Tucker,
00:10:44.260 here, you know,
00:10:46.000 there is, like,
00:10:46.860 a very, let's say,
00:10:50.720 like, an ironic situation
00:10:52.680 when you look at, like,
00:10:54.260 two conflicts happening
00:10:55.420 at the same time,
00:10:56.420 and you are hearing,
00:10:58.060 like, many,
00:10:58.900 about when it comes
00:11:01.840 to the Russia-Ukrainian conflict
00:11:03.620 that Russia should fund
00:11:05.000 all the reconstruction
00:11:05.960 and their assets
00:11:07.100 should be seized
00:11:07.740 to fund all the reconstruction
00:11:09.260 of Ukraine,
00:11:10.400 while when you are talking
00:11:11.780 about Gaza
00:11:12.400 and Israel,
00:11:13.840 you know,
00:11:14.760 flattened this land,
00:11:17.060 and you say that
00:11:19.000 Israel has the responsibility
00:11:20.500 to rebuild
00:11:21.520 what it's destroyed,
00:11:23.440 they will tell you,
00:11:24.420 no,
00:11:24.720 you will have,
00:11:25.580 as a region,
00:11:26.080 you will have the responsibility
00:11:27.020 to do so.
00:11:29.220 And it's really
00:11:29.900 a very ironic
00:11:30.720 double standards
00:11:31.540 when you look at it.
00:11:34.480 From our side,
00:11:36.100 as a state of Qatar,
00:11:37.780 we will continue
00:11:38.420 supporting the Palestinian people.
00:11:40.660 We will do whatever
00:11:41.620 to alleviate their suffering,
00:11:43.380 but we are not the ones
00:11:44.780 who are going to write
00:11:45.620 the check
00:11:46.000 to rebuild
00:11:46.460 what others destroys.
00:11:48.020 That's basically
00:11:49.120 our position.
00:11:49.880 But also,
00:11:51.000 we will not let
00:11:52.240 the Palestinian people
00:11:53.280 at the drive
00:11:53.820 if they are not helped
00:11:54.720 or they are not funded.
00:11:56.360 I should say,
00:11:57.240 from an American perspective,
00:11:58.580 it's even more grotesque,
00:11:59.740 so you are asked
00:12:00.580 to pay for the destruction
00:12:01.640 and for the rebuilding.
00:12:03.640 This is like,
00:12:04.640 it's a little much.
00:12:06.000 But you're saying,
00:12:07.080 clearly,
00:12:07.600 that your country
00:12:08.480 will not pay
00:12:09.580 to rebuild
00:12:10.380 what Israel destroyed.
00:12:12.080 That's our position.
00:12:13.680 Our position
00:12:14.280 is that
00:12:15.640 our payments
00:12:17.300 will go only
00:12:18.200 to help
00:12:18.820 the Palestinian people
00:12:19.840 if we see
00:12:20.420 that the help
00:12:21.060 is coming to them
00:12:21.880 is insufficient.
00:12:22.800 That's basically
00:12:23.740 our position.
00:12:25.000 What happens
00:12:25.780 to the current residents
00:12:27.280 of Gaza?
00:12:29.280 Do they stay in Gaza?
00:12:30.540 I know there's an effort
00:12:31.440 to find some other country
00:12:33.140 to send them to
00:12:33.920 either in Asia
00:12:34.620 or Sudan
00:12:35.240 or Milwaukee.
00:12:38.180 But do they stay in Gaza?
00:12:40.940 Well, I think that,
00:12:42.160 you know,
00:12:43.040 when it's hurting us
00:12:45.500 when we hear people
00:12:47.220 talking about
00:12:47.980 the people of Gaza
00:12:49.400 as, like,
00:12:51.120 you know,
00:12:51.720 some sort of
00:12:52.560 different people
00:12:53.260 because, like,
00:12:54.500 they have the right
00:12:55.260 to have the choice
00:12:56.280 where to live.
00:12:57.640 And they don't want
00:12:59.080 to, you know,
00:13:00.240 to leave their country.
00:13:01.420 And we have seen
00:13:02.100 these demonstrations,
00:13:03.500 like,
00:13:04.280 in many occasions
00:13:05.220 when we see
00:13:06.100 the opening
00:13:07.100 between the south
00:13:09.000 and the north
00:13:09.560 of Gaza,
00:13:10.580 we see the mass
00:13:11.640 return of the people
00:13:13.080 to their homes,
00:13:14.080 even if their homes
00:13:15.600 are flattened and gone.
00:13:16.560 they just go there
00:13:18.000 and build it in.
00:13:18.780 And this is just
00:13:19.440 showing you
00:13:20.100 how solid
00:13:22.380 are those people,
00:13:23.400 how resilient
00:13:24.380 are those people,
00:13:25.340 how those people,
00:13:26.280 they don't want
00:13:27.060 to leave the land
00:13:28.080 that they belong to.
00:13:29.700 And I don't see
00:13:31.140 anyone has the right
00:13:32.180 to deport them
00:13:34.980 or to force them
00:13:36.440 to go somewhere else.
00:13:40.600 It's their country,
00:13:41.600 it's their home,
00:13:42.300 and they have
00:13:43.800 all the right
00:13:44.540 to stay there
00:13:45.280 and to live there.
00:13:47.080 Yeah,
00:13:47.540 the idea of moving
00:13:48.280 millions of people
00:13:49.020 by force
00:13:49.620 into another country,
00:13:51.120 you know,
00:13:52.060 has been discredited,
00:13:53.300 I would say,
00:13:54.020 historically.
00:13:55.180 What,
00:13:55.540 big picture,
00:13:56.660 this is a question
00:13:58.080 that remains unanswered
00:13:59.040 in the United States,
00:13:59.680 like,
00:13:59.880 what is the plan here
00:14:00.920 exactly
00:14:02.160 in the Levant?
00:14:04.420 What is Israel's plan?
00:14:05.800 What is the strategy?
00:14:06.800 I understand it's,
00:14:07.460 you know,
00:14:07.640 defeating Hamas
00:14:08.360 and Hezbollah.
00:14:10.180 You know,
00:14:10.620 I understand
00:14:10.960 the short-term goals
00:14:12.040 that are often articulated,
00:14:13.220 but what's the,
00:14:14.600 what does this look like
00:14:15.420 in 10 years?
00:14:17.240 What,
00:14:17.600 what is the,
00:14:19.000 like,
00:14:19.280 the object?
00:14:19.880 Do you have any idea?
00:14:20.900 Well,
00:14:21.120 I think,
00:14:22.520 you know,
00:14:22.980 if we,
00:14:23.820 if we look at
00:14:25.200 the situation currently,
00:14:27.860 I have mentioned
00:14:29.180 that yesterday,
00:14:30.160 the situation currently
00:14:31.100 is not,
00:14:32.520 like,
00:14:34.360 it's not something
00:14:35.460 that can survive
00:14:37.520 for long
00:14:38.240 and being stable.
00:14:40.020 Now,
00:14:41.180 the issue that
00:14:43.240 if the Israeli forces
00:14:45.500 remains there,
00:14:46.360 if the violations
00:14:47.060 remains happening
00:14:48.960 in Gaza,
00:14:50.540 this conflict
00:14:51.800 can escalate again.
00:14:54.720 And that's what
00:14:55.360 all of us,
00:14:56.000 we want to avoid.
00:14:57.420 The best plan
00:14:58.560 is to apply
00:14:59.620 what's been
00:15:00.760 already agreed on
00:15:02.480 in,
00:15:02.840 in,
00:15:03.180 in the plan,
00:15:04.760 in,
00:15:05.060 in the plan
00:15:05.820 that President Trump
00:15:08.140 has,
00:15:08.620 has launched
00:15:09.360 and the countries
00:15:10.660 in the region
00:15:11.200 has supported
00:15:11.860 to rebuild
00:15:13.800 Gaza
00:15:14.200 for the Gazans people,
00:15:15.660 for the Gazans people
00:15:16.540 to remain there,
00:15:17.300 but also
00:15:17.940 finding
00:15:19.940 a political solution
00:15:21.320 for,
00:15:21.740 for the bigger issue
00:15:22.580 because
00:15:23.040 if you keep
00:15:25.320 this issue
00:15:26.900 unresolved,
00:15:27.720 the Palestinian issue
00:15:28.660 unresolved,
00:15:30.380 you know,
00:15:30.740 things will escalate
00:15:31.820 again and again.
00:15:32.920 We cannot
00:15:33.660 build a house
00:15:35.080 without building
00:15:35.940 the foundation
00:15:36.640 of that house
00:15:37.660 and the foundation
00:15:38.420 of that house
00:15:39.120 that the Palestinian people
00:15:40.240 get their rights
00:15:41.020 for their states
00:15:41.820 and they have the right
00:15:43.080 to stay in their own land.
00:15:45.340 From
00:15:45.900 an outside
00:15:47.520 perspective,
00:15:49.560 it seems like
00:15:50.420 the prospect
00:15:51.000 of,
00:15:52.200 you know,
00:15:52.520 full rights internally
00:15:53.520 or a separate
00:15:54.400 and autonomous
00:15:55.960 Palestinian state,
00:15:57.680 those seem like
00:15:58.540 more remote
00:15:59.940 than ever.
00:16:01.260 That seems less likely
00:16:02.420 than ever
00:16:03.020 to happen,
00:16:03.960 but maybe
00:16:04.420 I'm reading it wrong.
00:16:06.040 Well,
00:16:06.240 unfortunately,
00:16:07.320 you know,
00:16:08.180 peace needs,
00:16:10.140 you know,
00:16:10.800 a partner
00:16:11.400 also
00:16:12.180 for that.
00:16:13.960 With the current
00:16:14.780 configuration
00:16:15.420 in Israel
00:16:16.520 and what we are
00:16:17.360 seeing
00:16:18.200 in the political
00:16:19.260 landscape there
00:16:20.180 in the Knesset
00:16:21.040 and all those
00:16:21.860 resolutions
00:16:22.340 that they are
00:16:22.900 passing
00:16:23.300 against the
00:16:24.640 two-state solution
00:16:25.460 is just,
00:16:26.240 you know,
00:16:27.240 setting us
00:16:27.900 apart from
00:16:28.800 this path,
00:16:30.840 which is
00:16:31.260 unfortunate
00:16:31.880 to see
00:16:34.100 that there is
00:16:34.640 no enforcement
00:16:35.460 to push them
00:16:36.840 that this is
00:16:37.980 the only path
00:16:38.600 forward
00:16:38.940 to have
00:16:39.300 a two-state solution.
00:16:42.420 We cannot,
00:16:43.540 you know,
00:16:43.880 remain hostage
00:16:44.800 to the far-right
00:16:47.660 and the extremist
00:16:48.700 agenda
00:16:49.140 to, like,
00:16:51.880 ethnically cleanse
00:16:52.720 the Palestinians
00:16:53.420 or to kick them
00:16:54.880 out of their lands.
00:16:56.540 And what we are
00:16:57.580 looking for,
00:16:58.220 we are looking
00:16:58.760 for two countries,
00:17:01.120 two people
00:17:01.660 living side by side
00:17:02.700 peacefully
00:17:03.100 and being part
00:17:04.560 of the region.
00:17:05.400 And that's what
00:17:06.080 the entire region
00:17:06.980 is aspiring for.
00:17:08.260 It is widely believed
00:17:09.840 in Washington
00:17:10.820 that Israel
00:17:11.600 will initiate
00:17:13.160 another war
00:17:14.100 against Iran
00:17:14.880 in this coming year,
00:17:15.800 2026.
00:17:17.060 I don't know
00:17:17.620 if that's true.
00:17:18.400 Do you believe
00:17:18.980 it is true?
00:17:20.160 Well, let's hope not.
00:17:21.420 I think that
00:17:22.360 it's very important
00:17:23.480 to try
00:17:26.200 to find a way
00:17:27.080 to reactivate
00:17:29.460 the talks
00:17:29.880 on the nuclears
00:17:31.360 and to see
00:17:32.420 a track of diplomacy
00:17:33.500 because right now
00:17:34.480 what we are seeing,
00:17:35.340 there is an absence
00:17:36.120 of any efforts
00:17:37.040 in resolving
00:17:38.380 the issue
00:17:38.800 diplomatically.
00:17:39.460 and as we have
00:17:42.160 mentioned many times
00:17:44.520 that anything
00:17:45.360 would happen
00:17:47.040 to Iran
00:17:47.500 it will have
00:17:48.080 its impact
00:17:49.020 on the entire region,
00:17:50.580 on the entire
00:17:51.680 Gulf region.
00:17:52.480 Qatar, Saudi,
00:17:53.820 Bahrain, Kuwait,
00:17:55.280 UAE,
00:17:55.820 all the countries
00:17:56.560 will be affected
00:17:57.360 with such a thing.
00:17:58.940 And I hope not,
00:18:01.020 but there is
00:18:03.160 a lot of uncertainty
00:18:04.240 of what's happening
00:18:05.260 in the region
00:18:05.820 right now.
00:18:06.420 We see
00:18:06.820 Lebanon bombing
00:18:08.320 is continuing.
00:18:09.040 while what supposedly
00:18:10.760 the war has ended.
00:18:11.940 We see Gaza bombing
00:18:13.040 is still continuing
00:18:13.920 while there is
00:18:14.520 a ceasefire
00:18:14.980 is ongoing.
00:18:16.380 So it all depends
00:18:18.540 on how can we
00:18:20.480 make sure
00:18:20.920 that Israel
00:18:22.200 stops at this
00:18:24.220 level
00:18:25.020 and doesn't
00:18:25.740 escalate further.
00:18:27.260 One of the reasons
00:18:28.520 I openly admire you
00:18:30.040 despite much criticism
00:18:31.020 and was grateful
00:18:31.660 to interview you
00:18:33.420 today
00:18:33.700 is because
00:18:34.200 your country
00:18:34.840 acts
00:18:35.460 as a kind
00:18:37.140 of neutral zone
00:18:37.900 around the world
00:18:38.740 not just
00:18:39.140 in your region.
00:18:40.560 Switzerland
00:18:40.840 no longer
00:18:41.520 being non-aligned
00:18:42.240 unfortunately
00:18:42.780 it's fallen
00:18:43.700 to your country
00:18:44.240 to be the place
00:18:45.000 where people
00:18:45.380 can negotiate
00:18:46.240 conflicts
00:18:46.920 to peace,
00:18:48.400 settlement.
00:18:49.220 You're doing that
00:18:50.240 in Eastern Europe
00:18:51.540 with Russia,
00:18:52.800 Ukraine.
00:18:53.240 You helped get
00:18:53.820 Evan Gershkovich
00:18:54.520 out of prison
00:18:55.420 in Russia.
00:18:56.340 I don't know
00:18:56.580 if you've gotten
00:18:56.920 credit for that.
00:18:57.920 God bless you
00:18:58.420 for doing that.
00:18:58.900 Do you see
00:19:01.060 that conflict
00:19:01.980 as moving
00:19:02.560 toward resolution?
00:19:05.100 Well,
00:19:05.420 I think
00:19:05.920 that there
00:19:06.660 are a lot
00:19:07.200 of hope
00:19:08.980 in the current
00:19:10.980 endeavor
00:19:11.400 that's carried
00:19:12.080 out by the
00:19:12.820 United States
00:19:13.360 to reach
00:19:13.900 to a resolution
00:19:15.060 because I believe
00:19:16.160 that
00:19:16.620 this war
00:19:20.140 is becoming
00:19:20.860 very disruptive
00:19:21.920 not only
00:19:22.620 for Europe
00:19:24.280 and not only
00:19:25.060 for the Ukrainians
00:19:25.980 but it's becoming
00:19:26.320 disruptive
00:19:26.740 for the entire world
00:19:27.700 and it's just
00:19:28.480 polarizing the world
00:19:30.180 more and more
00:19:30.780 and this is not
00:19:32.560 in anyone's interest
00:19:33.660 and it has its consequences.
00:19:35.300 Right now
00:19:35.680 we see
00:19:36.260 relentless efforts
00:19:37.860 by the U.S. administration
00:19:40.460 in order
00:19:41.020 to achieve a deal
00:19:41.960 and
00:19:43.120 the Ukrainians
00:19:45.120 are engaging
00:19:45.740 in this process
00:19:47.360 and
00:19:47.820 we are trying
00:19:49.860 our best
00:19:50.500 also
00:19:50.920 whenever we are needed
00:19:52.380 to help
00:19:52.820 and to support
00:19:53.520 within that process
00:19:55.100 but I believe
00:19:56.400 it is solvable.
00:19:57.720 it can be
00:19:58.560 it can be achieved
00:19:59.820 it's not
00:20:00.280 something impossible.
00:20:02.460 So last question
00:20:03.400 I've been
00:20:04.600 personally
00:20:05.560 not to make it
00:20:06.200 about me
00:20:06.460 but I have been
00:20:07.020 criticized
00:20:07.460 as being
00:20:08.360 a tool
00:20:09.020 of Qatar
00:20:09.640 and I just
00:20:11.760 want to say
00:20:12.360 what you already know
00:20:13.040 which is
00:20:13.300 I've never taken
00:20:13.760 anything from
00:20:14.540 your country
00:20:14.960 and don't plan to.
00:20:17.460 I am however
00:20:18.040 tomorrow
00:20:18.400 buying a place
00:20:19.080 in Qatar
00:20:19.540 both because
00:20:21.100 I am
00:20:21.520 pay a high check
00:20:22.620 in Doha
00:20:23.720 and I'm doing that
00:20:24.860 because I like
00:20:25.560 the city
00:20:26.020 I think it's beautiful
00:20:26.860 but also to make
00:20:28.220 the statement
00:20:28.560 that I'm an American
00:20:29.340 and a free man
00:20:30.100 and I'll be
00:20:31.220 wherever I want to be
00:20:32.160 which I think
00:20:32.900 is important
00:20:33.400 but that does
00:20:35.260 kind of leave us
00:20:36.120 in a place
00:20:36.780 where
00:20:37.260 I have not taken
00:20:39.060 any money
00:20:40.220 from Qatar
00:20:40.960 I have instead
00:20:42.140 given money
00:20:43.580 to Qatar
00:20:44.460 and I wonder
00:20:45.260 if you feel
00:20:46.060 that that means
00:20:46.600 I've bought you
00:20:47.380 and you will
00:20:48.160 now spew
00:20:48.700 my propaganda
00:20:49.260 Thank you
00:20:49.820 just ask me
00:20:50.700 whatever you want
00:20:51.320 me to do
00:20:51.700 for you
00:20:52.020 I will do it
00:20:52.660 but look Tucker
00:20:55.580 unfortunately
00:20:57.080 as I told you
00:20:58.120 that there are
00:20:59.720 a lot of players
00:21:01.400 putting a lot
00:21:02.980 of efforts
00:21:03.560 to sabotage
00:21:05.060 the relationship
00:21:05.620 between Qatar
00:21:06.300 and the United States
00:21:07.100 and to try
00:21:09.020 to demonize
00:21:09.920 anyone
00:21:11.160 who will come
00:21:12.060 to this country
00:21:12.900 our efforts
00:21:13.820 when we are
00:21:15.040 lobbying
00:21:15.460 or
00:21:16.200 doing
00:21:18.420 our outreach
00:21:19.540 in the United States
00:21:20.420 is to make sure
00:21:21.820 that this relationship
00:21:22.920 is safeguarded
00:21:23.980 and the relationship
00:21:25.460 for us
00:21:26.140 is mutually beneficial
00:21:27.340 we are not
00:21:29.000 getting aid
00:21:29.800 from the United States
00:21:31.320 we are
00:21:32.720 instead
00:21:33.600 we are buying
00:21:34.380 from the United States
00:21:35.300 we are partnering
00:21:36.640 with them
00:21:37.280 we are investing
00:21:38.260 in the United States
00:21:39.100 the United States
00:21:39.560 is investing
00:21:40.120 in Qatar
00:21:41.140 and this relationship
00:21:43.160 has been always
00:21:44.060 a two-way relationship
00:21:45.360 and we pay
00:21:47.400 all these amounts
00:21:48.380 for lobbying
00:21:49.120 only to protect
00:21:50.980 and to safeguard
00:21:51.660 this relationship
00:21:52.400 if we were not
00:21:53.340 like
00:21:54.400 being attacked
00:21:56.620 and under
00:21:57.420 a lot of
00:21:58.120 like disinformation
00:21:59.080 campaign
00:21:59.660 that's been
00:22:00.260 unfortunately funded
00:22:01.800 by other players
00:22:03.860 who doesn't want
00:22:04.600 to see
00:22:05.060 a U.S. Qatar
00:22:06.620 relationship
00:22:07.300 flourish
00:22:07.840 flourish
00:22:08.700 we wouldn't
00:22:10.340 we would spend
00:22:11.820 this money
00:22:12.620 for better things
00:22:14.360 you know
00:22:14.780 to do with
00:22:15.740 with the relationship
00:22:16.640 Sheikh Mohammed
00:22:18.740 thank you so much
00:22:19.460 for taking the time
00:22:20.080 to do this
00:22:20.560 I appreciate it
00:22:21.340 thank you so much
00:22:22.900 and thank you
00:22:24.620 thank you
00:22:26.320 for coming
00:22:27.000 thank you
00:22:27.860 I appreciate it
00:22:28.020 thank you
00:22:28.920 and thank you
00:22:30.020 thank you
00:22:30.340 for having me
00:22:31.820 being in awe
00:22:32.560 thanks
00:22:33.000 for being in awe