Chris Murphy: “Trump had made it clear to the whole region, to the whole of…”

“But there was one more reason that Qatar had no choice but to give Trump, or at least they felt they had note choice but to give Trump this wildly illegal gift. Because Trump had made it clear to the whole region, to the whole of the Gulf region in the Middle East, that he was for sale and that preferential American treatment was for sale. And if Qatar didn't pay, another country would. Qatar wasn't going to be protected, frankly, by a collective refusal of Trump's extortion in the region.” (06:08–06:23)

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