The Tucker Carlson Show - Tucker and Qatar’s Prime Minister React to Trump’s Move Against Bibi

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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. 0.57

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, 1.00

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, 1.00

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 0.88

00:04:36.760 and, you know, encouraging them to bomb this country 0.65

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 0.99

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 1.00

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. 0.53

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? 0.91

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? 0.93

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 0.87

00:16:52.720 the Palestinians 1.00

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 0.78

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 0.79

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

The Tucker Carlson Show - December 07, 2025

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

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