Trump to visit US troops in Qatar as he rejects America's 'interventionist' past in region
DOHA, Qatar (AP) — President Donald Trump on Thursday will visit a U. S. installation at the center of American involvement in the Middle East as he uses his four-day visit to Gulf states to reject the “interventionism” of America’s past in the region. Trump plans to address troops at Qatar’s al-Udeid Air Base, which was a major staging ground during the U. S. wars in Iraq and Afghanistan and supported the recent U. S. air campaign against Yemen’s Iran-backed Houthis. The president...
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