Trump addresses US troops in Qatar, touts pay elevate

[ad_1] President Donald Trump blasted President Joe Biden's withdrawal from Afghanistan and cited his want to troops a pay elevate in an tackle to U.S. service members on Thursday.

Trump made the feedback throughout an tackle to troops at Al Udeid Air Base in Qatar throughout his prolonged journey to the Center East.

"My 2026 funds contains throughout the board – possibly you do not wish to search for the nice of the nation, you do not have to take it – pay raises for each one in all you. Substantial pay raises," Trump stated.

"You're indisputably the best preventing drive within the historical past of the world. That is the way in which it's. I stated it final night time. I stated it is robust. We now have the strongest navy on the planet. It isn't even a contest. We now have the most effective gear, no person has gear like us, no person has the planes or the missiles or the rest," he continued.

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President Donald Trump arrives to deal with troops on the Al-Udeid air base southwest of Doha on Might 15, 2025. (BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/AFP by way of Getty Photographs)

"And as your commander-in-chief, I am right here to say that America's navy will quickly be greater, higher, stronger and extra highly effective than ever," he added.

Trump went on to criticize Biden, noting the deaths of 13 U.S. troops throughout the evacuation from Kabul, Afghanistan.

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Trump's speech got here lower than a day after he on Wednesday signed a collection of agreements with Qatar's Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani in Doha, Qatar.

President Donald Trump holds up a pen given by Qatar's Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani as they trade paperwork throughout a signing ceremony on the Amiri Diwan in Doha, Qatar, Wednesday, Might 14, 2025. (Alex Brandon/AP)

The agreements concerned a buying settlement by Qatar for Boeing plane, in addition to letters of intent and "joint cooperation" between Qatar and the U.S. The emir additionally signed an intent settlement to buy MQ-9 drone plane.

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Al Thani said he had a "nice" dialog with Trump previous to the signing ceremony on Wednesday, including that the agreements have elevated the U.S.-Qatar relationship to "one other stage."

A mannequin of a Common Atomics MQ-9 Reaper unmanned aerial drone car is displayed throughout the Farnborough Worldwide Airshow. (John Keeble/Getty Photographs)

U.S. relations with Doha have come a good distance since 2017, when Trump accused Qatar of harboring terrorism: "The nation of Qatar, sadly, has traditionally been a funder of terrorism at a really excessive stage," Trump stated on the time.

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From there, Qatar grew to become a serious non-NATO ally to the U.S. in 2022 beneath Biden and is dwelling to Al Udeid Air Base, one of many U.S.'s largest Center Japanese bases and a key hub for U.S. Central Command operations.

Fox Information' Morgan Phillips contributed to this report.

Anders Hagstrom is a reporter with Fox Information Digital protecting nationwide politics and main breaking information occasions. Ship tricks to Anders.Hagstrom@Fox.com, or on Twitter: @Hagstrom_Anders.