Concerns about a “Qatari base” in the United States found the vice president setting the record straight on what he deemed “a fake story.”
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Late last week, Secretary of War Pete Hegseth announced an agreement with the State of Qatar wherein an air force facility would be built at an existing U.S. Air Force base in Idaho for their pilots to train. Concerns, including suggestions that the facility was a base unto itself, found Vice President J.D. Vance setting the record straight on how America works with “our Arab friends.”
“What is the function of this Qatar facility?” asked Fox News host Maria Bartiromo on “Sunday Morning Futures” after questioning whether the U.S. had an economic commitment in the Middle East as part of President Donald Trump’s peace agreement in Gaza. “People are wondering, is this an air base? What is Qatar going to be developing in Idaho?”
“Yeah, I saw some reporting about this, Maria. I actually talked to Secretary of War Pete Hegseth this morning. This is largely a fake story,” replied the vice president. “We continue to have, with countries that we work with, we have relationships where sometimes their pilots work on our bases, sometimes that we train together, sometimes we work together in other ways. The reporting that somehow there’s going to be a Qatari base on United States soil, that’s just not true.”
Vance went on, “We are continuing to work with a number of our Arab friends to ensure that we are able to enforce this peace, but we’re not gonna let a foreign country have an actual base on American soil. So there’s a bit of misreporting on that, as there often is, as you know, Maria.”
On Friday, Hegseth said during a press conference with Qatari Minister of Defense Sheikh Saoud bin Abdulrahman al-Thani, “Today, we’re announcing a letter of acceptance in building a Qatari Emiri Air Force facility at the Mountain Home Air Force Base in Idaho.”
“We’re glad to welcome you here. We’re grateful for the strong partnership that we have, the way you support our troops at Al Udeid,” the secretary continued, referencing the base outside Doha, Qatar that hosts the air force from countries including the U.S., the United Kingdom, and its own. “The location will host a contingent of Qatari F-15s and pilots to enhance our combined training, increase lethality, interoperability. It’s just another example of our partnership. And I hope you know, Your Excellency, that you can count on us.”
As had previously been reported, Qatar’s Media Attaché Ali Al-Ansari told the Daily Caller News Foundation that, “This will not be a Qatari air base. Rather, Qatar has made an initial 10-year commitment to construct and maintain a dedicated facility within an existing US air base, intended for advanced training and to enhance interoperability in defending and advancing our shared interests around the world.”
The clarity around the announcement wasn’t enough to allay some concerns amid the Trump administration’s ongoing cooperation with Qatar that included an agreement for a thirteen-figure investment from the nation that had donated a plane to the U.S. Air Force for the president to use as Air Force One.
“Now, the Qatar ‘partnership’ at our base is being downplayed,” syndicated radio host Mark Levin posted to X on Saturday. “It’s a big deal.”
“How many of our ‘partners’ were behind 9/11, resulting in the murder or 3000 Americans and war in Afghanistan, funded Hamas and the murder of 1200 Israelis and the war in Gaza, the Muslim Brotherhood, and pour billions into our country and our schools promoting radical Islam and anti-Americanism?” further wrote Levin. “Qatar has also become a protectorate. Like no other country. We’ve agreed to go to war to defend it. This is unacceptable.”
Now, the Qatar “partnership” at our base is being downplayed. It’s a big deal.
How many of our “partners” were behind 9/11, resulting in the murder of 3000 Americans and war in Afghanistan, funded Hamas and the murder of 1200 Israelis and the war in Gaza, the Muslim Brotherhood,…
— Mark R. Levin (@marklevinshow) October 11, 2025
Native of Brooklyn, NY, Kevin Haggerty is a graduate of Hunter College where he studied Cultural Anthropology and Geography. An avid reader and truth seeker, he currently resides in Texas with his wife and their dog and, when he isn't researching current events and their impacts, you'll find him spending time with friends and family or working on his next novel.
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