U.S. President Donald Trump announced today a landmark investment agreement with Qatar, under which the Gulf nation has committed to injecting $1.2 trillion into the American economy over the coming years. According to Trump, the deal marks “a strategic alliance that will strengthen American jobs, industry, and infrastructure.”
Sources within the White House revealed that the investment will span a broad range of sectors, including energy, advanced technology, transportation, and logistics. Officials say it represents the single largest foreign investment commitment in U.S. history.
The announcement comes just days before a high-level summit in Istanbul, where Trump is expected to unveil a wider initiative for global recovery in post-conflict zones. In the Gulf region, Qatar’s move is being interpreted as a definitive alignment with Washington and a distancing from Iranian influence.
Critics of the administration have dubbed Trump’s foreign policy approach “economic diplomacy under pressure,” but even skeptics acknowledge that securing over a trillion dollars from a key Middle Eastern ally is a geopolitical coup in its own right.