Off Base
Tucker Carlson claims Qatar doesn’t need U.S. base
Carlson also argued Al Udeid ‘exists to protect Israel’
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US and Qatari troops and staff await US President Donald Trump at the Al-Udeid air base southwest of Doha on May 15, 2025.
As Iran targeted Al Udeid Air Base in Qatar in retaliation for the U.S. airstrikes against the Iranian nuclear program, Tucker Carlson claimed on his podcast that the air base exists to protect Israel.
“That base exists to...