00:00And also, Blake, what message does this send to Benjamin Netanyahu from both Trump and Qatar now that we see they are meeting?
00:09Well, the Qatari prime minister meeting with Rubio and President Trump so soon after this attack
00:13is certainly an attempt by the United States to reassure Qatar and to reaffirm their appreciation for them.
00:20And I think this visit also seeks to tell Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu really to think twice before considering something like this again.
00:28There are reports that in recent weeks when the Israeli military and Netanyahu had threatened to strike Hamas leaders anywhere around the world,
00:36they said that there are reports that both the Mossad as well as the U.S. administration had reassured and promised Qatar that that would not happen.
00:45They would not be struck by by Israel.
00:47And in the days since that attack, Israeli officials, the ambassador to the U.N., as well as Netanyahu, have both threatened to do it again.
00:55They've said that Qatar needs to expel Hamas and they need to bring them to justice, or Israel will.
01:02So Qatar will certainly be looking for a guarantee from Trump that that will not happen again.
01:07Of course, the United States is a major ally of Qatar.
01:10Central Command is based there.
01:11A major air base is based there.
01:13And the United States is Qatar's main security guarantor.
01:17And much of their foreign policy has been based on feeling protected by the presence of the American military.
01:22And that has seemingly been, if not shattered, rattled.
01:25So they will be looking for guarantees from the United States that this will not happen again.
