Qatari royal invested about $50 million in pro-Trump network Newsmax

FlyingSquid , 4 months ago

Of course he did. Totalitarians support would-be totalitarians.

eskimofry , 4 months ago

There’s also a hint of people wanting the U.S.A to destroy itself.

avidamoeba , 4 months ago

Probably in Truth Media too.

reddig33 , 4 months ago

I wonder how many pairs of Trump shoes and Trump bibles he bought?

NoneOfUrBusiness , 4 months ago

What the shit? Why? Like seriously how would Qatar benefit from a Trump presidency? I guess it's plausible that the reason could be to weaken the US and therefore their hold on the Middle East, but is that really worth having to deal with "let's deport Muslims" Trump in the meantime"?

Everythingispenguins , 4 months ago

Well first off there are plenty of hard line anti west Muslims that love the deport Muslims rhetoric. It gives them something to justify with

But if you read the sub headline it is pretty clear why this happened

Before and after the investment, senior newsroom leaders urged Newsmax staff to soften coverage of Qatar, current and former employees said

yetAnotherUser , 4 months ago

Why would billionaire “Muslims” from the Middle East give a fuck about Muslims in the US?

NoneOfUrBusiness , 4 months ago

I mean you'd expect Muslims to care about other Muslims in general, but I know geopolitics doesn't work that way so that's not what I meant. Trump hates Muslims in America and abroad, and supports Israel and would probably go to war in the middle East again if he could. As a Muslim country who isn't in the US's bloc it seems like they'd feel the brunt of the effects of a Trump presidency.

Entropywins , 4 months ago

I doubt they are even aware of their 0.0105% investment in Newsmax...Qatari wealth fund is like half a trillion.

ChicoSuave , 4 months ago

Money doesn’t move by itself. Someone authorized that seed money for Newsmax and it’s been pretty clear that they support fascism, the cancer of democracy.