MAGA Melts Down Over Trump Giving Qatar a Military Base in U.S.

Saturday, October 11, 2025

The Trump administration's approval of a Qatari air force base in Idaho isn't popular with either of America's political parties.

Posted by Doc_Sarvis at 08:31 AM | 10 COMMENTS | permalink

At least Trump got a free jet and a $5.5 billion golf resort in Qatar, so there's that.

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-- Ron Filipkowski (@ronfilipkowski.bsky.social) Oct 10, 2025 at 11:53 AM

Comments

Hurry, hurry, hurry, eff the US, Trump is open for business

#1 | Posted by Doc_Sarvis at 2025-10-11 06:10 AM

News of this posted earlier at drudge.com

#2 | Posted by Doc_Sarvis at 2025-10-11 06:17 AM

Are these fools beginning to get a clue?

#3 | Posted by Angrydad at 2025-10-11 09:45 AM

Mountain Home is a US base. Home of the 366 Fighter Wing. It is also the home of a Singaporean F-15 squadron. It also used to be where the Luftwaffe had it's Fighter Weapons School.

I'm not sure what the big deal is. Non-US partners have squadrons at US bases across the country. I work with them all the time. And that's just on the Air Force side. I'm sure it's the same with the other services.

#4 | Posted by madbomber at 2025-10-11 09:52 AM

The big deal is racism.

#5 | Posted by Zed at 2025-10-11 10:15 AM

I trained with militaries from all over the globe while in the Army. I like that we share tactics and equipment usage unfortunately many of these countries we had worked with over the years are really not allies and eventually go on to use our own tactics and equipment against us in the end.

#6 | Posted by Wildman62 at 2025-10-11 11:08 AM

" and eventually go on to use our own tactics and equipment against us in the end."

That's where Osama bin Laden got the idea to fly planes into the WTC.
The CIA pitched him that idea during the Soviet-Afghan War, to hijack a Tupolev and fly it into the Kremlin.

#7 | Posted by snoofy at 2025-10-11 11:13 AM

"I trained with militaries from all over the globe while in the Army."

Used to work with FASOTRAGRUPAC training foreign and domestic troops in anti submarine warfare.

I was always uncomfortable with training Russians. Never trusted them. Still don't. Was more comfortable with Iranians. But never trusted them either.

Never liked the idea of teaching our adversaries how to defeat us.

Semper Fi

#8 | Posted by donnerboy at 2025-10-11 11:19 AM

#7: Hi Snoofy: In 1995 a US-trained ally, the Philippines, uncovered al-Qaida's massive Bojinka Plot which preceded 9/11: tsi-mag.com

#9 | Posted by C0RI0LANUS at 2025-10-11 11:40 AM

#9 Yep. That was why they closed the Space Needle for New Years Eve in 2000.

#10 | Posted by snoofy at 2025-10-11 12:50 PM

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