With Trump Visit, the Qatar makeover image marks another success
Like Wednesday the sheikh Tamim Bin Hamad Al-Thani, the Emir of Qatar, hosts President Trump in Doha on Wednesday, will be the culmination of an offensive of successful charm by the Gulf Emrato who now seems likely to include the promise of a luxury jetliner to Mr. Trump-Senza sting attached.The president, who described Emir as a "great gentleman" and a "my friend", is granting the honor to host one of the first foreign visits of his second term. As for the plane, the president says he would be "stupid" not to accept such a nice gift despite strong objections, not only by the Democrats but by some of his most fervent sorceress supporters.It is a dramatic turnaround for a small country of the Persian Gulf that Trump derived eight years ago as "a terrorist lender at a very high level". At th...