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US President Donald Trump faces dual foreign policy crises after an Israeli air raid on Hamas offices in Doha and a Russian drone incursion into Polish airspace. These incidents challenge the administration's efforts to mediate peace in Gaza and deal with Ukraine, potentially undermining Trump's authority.

 

The Israeli attack in Doha occurred just after the Trump administration proposed new measures to end the Gaza conflict. Trump had warned Hamas via social media that it was their last chance to respond. The raid in Qatar, home to a vital US airbase, raises questions about whether Washington was aware of or approved the Israeli move, which could damage Trump's influence over Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

 

The situation in Poland unfolded with 19 Russian drones entering its airspace, marking one of the most significant threats to Nato since World War Two. Despite Russian denials, Polish officials see this as a deliberate act to test Nato's resolve, including Trump's response, which began with notable silence before a vague statement on Truth Social.

 

The implications are significant, with experts questioning Trump's ability to control key allies like Israel and maintain Nato's integrity. European allies are coordinating with the US on a new sanctions package against Russia, but Trump's prior stance on NATO raises doubts about his commitment to defending allied sovereignty.

 

MMoving forward, NATO members are expected to bolster their defensive measures, yet US leadership remains central to the alliance's strength. Observers are watching closely to see how Trump addresses these twin challenges.

 

 

 

Key Takeaways

 

• Israeli air raid in Qatar and the Russian drone incursion in Poland present significant foreign policy issues for Trump.
• The incidents could undermine US efforts in Gaza and question Nato's stability, highlighting challenges in Trump's leadership.
• Upcoming coordinated sanctions against Russia may test Trump's commitment to allies, amid concerns over his response strategy.

 

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  Adapted by ASEAN Now from BBC 2025-09-11

 

 

Israel bombing Qatar was beyond outrageous, they've now invaded six different countries in the past year or so, and they are becoming a terrorist nation within the region. And the US still supports them! Moral bankruptcy all the way around. Disaster Don and Netanyahu are devoid of any sort of humanity. 

16 minutes ago, spidermike007 said:

Israel bombing Qatar was beyond outrageous, they've now invaded six different countries in the past year or so, and they are becoming a terrorist nation within the region. And the US still supports them! Moral bankruptcy all the way around. Disaster Don and Netanyahu are devoid of any sort of humanity. 

These countries are taking care of the Terrorist master minds.  How else are they supposed to deal with the problem?  Qatar has been allowing the Hamas leader to hold up in the country.

No sympathy for the Hamas leaders hiding in luxury in Qatar 

While their people in Gaza are being bomb into the stone age 

 

Every time I watch any news media all I can hear is a backtrack of Putin laughing.

The playbook is repeated. Organise a meeting then bomb it. The funniest deception is Starmer who condemned the attack after coordinating refueling of Israeli jets using British planes that took off from Qatar and landed there. 😂😂😂

2 hours ago, spidermike007 said:

Israel bombing Qatar was beyond outrageous, they've now invaded six different countries in the past year or so, and they are becoming a terrorist nation within the region. And the US still supports them! Moral bankruptcy all the way around. Disaster Don and Netanyahu are devoid of any sort of humanity. 

Narrow sweeping assessment, and not surprised at all.

1. Israel smashed Hezbollah who wouldn't stop firing missiles at Israel, nearby UN peacekeeping positions. Lebanon now has the opportunity and impetus to dismantle the jihadists and hopefully get their country back together. Wouldn't have been possible without Israel's "invasion".

2. With Hezbollah crippled, Assad was overthrown. Take a bow Israel and excuse them for taking out their weapons, used against them often before and given the lack of surety of the new regime. Israel and Syria seem to be sorting things out.

3. Iran - so you like the idea of the clerics having nuclear arms? Or are you one of those who believe they're just enriching for peaceful purposes, like deep underground, under mountains. The sooner the Iranians are liberated, the sooner the Middle East will be able to stop all their crazy stuff and Iranians can enjoy the life they deserve.

4. Are you counting Yemen - three cheers for the Houthis eh? Firing missiles indiscriminately at Israel continually.

5. Like to know your definition of invasion cos I guess you're including the strike against Hamas terrorist leadership in one sortie - an invasion? Why should they feel safe & smugly tucked away in luxury while the Gazans suffer from their hatred?

Two things need to happen for Israel and the Middle East to thrive - Hamas stand down, return the hostages and Iran regime change. Hamas is doomed, and Iran teetering. Best wishes to my Iranian friends. 
 

1 hour ago, spidermike007 said:

Israel bombing Qatar was beyond outrageous, they've now invaded six different countries in the past year or so, and they are becoming a terrorist nation within the region. And the US still supports them! Moral bankruptcy all the way around. Disaster Don and Netanyahu are devoid of any sort of humanity. 

The Zionists have always been terrorists, even back before the 1930's but they are now worse since under Netanyahu, there is nobody able to control them, certainly not the USA under Trump, especially as the USA is their main supplier of weapons and ammunition.

 

Trump cannot afford to cut them off, even if he wanted to. as the arms industry is a huge earner for the USA with many thousands of employees, and the US/Jewish lobby is a huge donator of money to Trump and the gop.

 

36 minutes ago, AustinRacing said:

The playbook is repeated. Organise a meeting then bomb it. The funniest deception is Starmer who condemned the attack after coordinating refueling of Israeli jets using British planes that took off from Qatar and landed there. 😂😂😂

Why would they use British refuelling aircraft when there is a large US military base in Qatar?

 

Do you have a link for that?

56 minutes ago, billd766 said:

The Zionists have always been terrorists, even back before the 1930's but they are now worse since under Netanyahu, there is nobody able to control them, certainly not the USA under Trump, especially as the USA is their main supplier of weapons and ammunition.

 

Trump cannot afford to cut them off, even if he wanted to. as the arms industry is a huge earner for the USA with many thousands of employees, and the US/Jewish lobby is a huge donator of money to Trump and the gop.

 

Another sweeping assessment with no objectivity. What is it with you guys and btw, I'm not Jewish, let alone a Zionist but do try understand history rather than parrot media short takes.

Suggest you research as if you've been asked to be a mediator, not an antagonist and this will help you along... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intercommunal_conflict_in_Mandatory_Palestine

30 minutes ago, Donga said:

Another sweeping assessment with no objectivity. What is it with you guys and btw, I'm not Jewish, let alone a Zionist but do try understand history rather than parrot media short takes.

Suggest you research as if you've been asked to be a mediator, not an antagonist and this will help you along... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intercommunal_conflict_in_Mandatory_Palestine

If you think that my OPINION is sweeping and has no objective, yours seems to be backing mine up. It was an interesting link about Zionism in the late 19th and early 20th century and even that far back the Zionists were fighting and killing Palestinians. Nothing much has changed with the Zionists in 150 years or so has it?

This just shows that Trump, Rubio, Hegseth and company are completely incompetent and out of their depth in these matters. They are like toddlers trying to play a game that is way too complicated for them. Putin, Xi and Netanyahu run rings around them, it’s really embarrassing. 

5 minutes ago, billd766 said:

If you think that my OPINION is sweeping and has no objective, yours seems to be backing mine up. It was an interesting link about Zionism in the late 19th and early 20th century and even that far back the Zionists were fighting and killing Palestinians. Nothing much has changed with the Zionists in 150 years or so has it?

Menachem Begin, then prime minister of Israel, admitted that he and his Jewish comrades in arms used terrorist tactics to drive out the Palestinians after 1948. 

4 hours ago, spidermike007 said:

Israel bombing Qatar was beyond outrageous, they've now invaded six different countries in the past year or so, and they are becoming a terrorist nation within the region. And the US still supports them! Moral bankruptcy all the way around. Disaster Don and Netanyahu are devoid of any sort of humanity. 

So are you saying you are anti-semitic.?

2 hours ago, AustinRacing said:

The playbook is repeated. Organise a meeting then bomb it. The funniest deception is Starmer who condemned the attack after coordinating refueling of Israeli jets using British planes that took off from Qatar and landed there. 😂😂😂

that's a heck of an accusation without any supporting evidence

46 minutes ago, billd766 said:

If you think that my OPINION is sweeping and has no objective, yours seems to be backing mine up. It was an interesting link about Zionism in the late 19th and early 20th century and even that far back the Zionists were fighting and killing Palestinians. Nothing much has changed with the Zionists in 150 years or so has it?

Ha, you even read with blinkers on!

Apart from a walk through the developments, politics and declarations, the Wiki material refers to the many many different attacks by both sides, But the Palestinian Arabs have made, and continue to make horrible decisions in the last 100 years. Being led by Jihadists doesn't help. Oh to have those virgins if things go a tad awry.

You seem to think the Jews only arrived in Palestine during the Ottoman empire. How far back you wanna go?  You must know they lived in the region, including what became Syria, Iraq, Lebanon for eons until they were either expelled or chose to leave, after continuing threats and violence. A bit like the many millions of Hindus and Moslems who were displaced in the subcontinent at the same time as Israel was created. Imagine if they'd carried on like the ME lot.

Nothing is going to change with the Zionists (Jews that want a homeland). Israel ain't going anywhere. And if you think "From the river to the sea" is prophecy, you're seriously deluded.

56 minutes ago, rudi49jr said:

Menachem Begin, then prime minister of Israel, admitted that he and his Jewish comrades in arms used terrorist tactics to drive out the Palestinians after 1948. 

Drive out how many? Pls look at the data as how many left at Mullah urging, vs expelled. And how many stayed to enjoy a better standard of living in Israel?

And don't you think terrorism applied to both sides? You sound a little naive, chum. 

2 hours ago, billd766 said:

The Zionists have always been terrorists, even back before the 1930's but they are now worse since under Netanyahu, there is nobody able to control them, certainly not the USA under Trump, especially as the USA is their main supplier of weapons and ammunition.

 

Trump cannot afford to cut them off, even if he wanted to. as the arms industry is a huge earner for the USA with many thousands of employees, and the US/Jewish lobby is a huge donator of money to Trump and the gop.

 

The “Zionists” are masters of self defense, not their fault the rest of the Middle East sucks at that, and try to put Israel down.  -   I stand by Israel 

Trump is weak. Putin and Netanyahu know it and they take advantage of it. 🙂

2 hours ago, papa al said:

So are you saying you are anti-semitic.?

About 60% of the Israeli population disapproves of Netanyahu.  Would you therefore conclude that 60% of the Israelis are anti-semetic?  

1 hour ago, Donga said:

Drive out how many? Pls look at the data as how many left at Mullah urging, vs expelled. And how many stayed to enjoy a better standard of living in Israel?

And don't you think terrorism applied to both sides? You sound a little naive, chum. 

When did I say that Palestinians didn’t use terrorist tactics as well? I’m just sick and tired of Israel being portrayed as ‘the good guys’ and as if they’re ‘just defending themselves’. Israel and its allies like to push that narrative, but fact of the matter is that both sides are guilty as sin, not just the Palestinians.

 

And stay to enjoy a better standard of living in Israel? As second class citizens, you mean? Many constantly being harassed by either the authorities and/or colonists? And what about the thousands of Palestinians locked up for months, sometimes years, in so-called ‘administrative detention’? Yeah, they’re really enjoying the good life there.

2 hours ago, Donga said:

Drive out how many? Pls look at the data as how many left at Mullah urging, vs expelled. And how many stayed to enjoy a better standard of living in Israel?

And don't you think terrorism applied to both sides? You sound a little naive, chum. 

And how many stayed because that's where they and and their family were born, had a house, job, etc....

7 hours ago, thaipo7 said:

These countries are taking care of the Terrorist master minds.  How else are they supposed to deal with the problem?  Qatar has been allowing the Hamas leader to hold up in the country.

You definitely need to do more reading and try to wean yourself from the podcasts. The Hamas leaders were allowed to set up offices in Qatar for the express purposes of negotiating a peace treaty with the various parties involved. It's not about hosting terror. Israel is about terror now. They have taken up the mantle of being the world's leading terrorist organization.

 

Please get out of your house more often, take some deep breaths, do some more reading and try to find some wisdom in this world. 

3 hours ago, papa al said:

So are you saying you are anti-semitic.?

No. It is of extreme importance to differentiate between people protesting against Israel's approach to this war in Gaza, and antisemitism. They are two completely different things, however Israel is an extremely thin skinned nation, and very intolerant of any sort of criticism. As a Jew I know that many Jews are thin-skinned when it comes to any sort of criticism of Israel, and it's often interpreted as being anti-semitic. I've been called a Jew hater for criticizing Israeli policy so I know how sensitive the issue can be, and it's very important to interpret it correctly. Jews and all people have the right to be critical of Israeli policy, especially now that the extremists have taken over gotten the support of a hateful PM, and are engaging in what could be called a ridiculously disproportionate campaign against the Gazans. 

 

Israel must be very careful at this point as they are losing support around the world, by the day it's gotten to the point where there are very few nations who are still supportive of Israel, and the terror reigning IDF. 

I have zero faith that Trump can nor will end the war in Gaza and Ukraine. He simply don't have sufficient leverage or an experienced enough team  to solve these 2 complex conflicts. Israel will take over Gaza and Ukraine will exhaust Russia's efforts and resources to continue the war. Trump is the worst leader at this critical time of history to solve major global conflicts or domestic crisis. 

2 hours ago, Eric Loh said:

I have zero faith that Trump can nor will end the war in Gaza and Ukraine. He simply don't have sufficient leverage or an experienced enough team  to solve these 2 complex conflicts. Israel will take over Gaza and Ukraine will exhaust Russia's efforts and resources to continue the war. Trump is the worst leader at this critical time of history to solve major global conflicts or domestic crisis. 

I totally agree in my view it may be worse seems to me he’s doing everything he can to divide us and support the enemy’s of democracy.he also in my view is so weak the worst regimes on the planet play him with ease,as an American I find that absolutely humiliating.

9 hours ago, rudi49jr said:

When did I say that Palestinians didn’t use terrorist tactics as well? I’m just sick and tired of Israel being portrayed as ‘the good guys’ and as if they’re ‘just defending themselves’. Israel and its allies like to push that narrative, but fact of the matter is that both sides are guilty as sin, not just the Palestinians.

 

And stay to enjoy a better standard of living in Israel? As second class citizens, you mean? Many constantly being harassed by either the authorities and/or colonists? And what about the thousands of Palestinians locked up for months, sometimes years, in so-called ‘administrative detention’? Yeah, they’re really enjoying the good life there.

Who are Israel's allies now? As regards Palestinians living in Israel, suspect you're confused with the Palestinians living in the West Bank. There are around 1.8 mill Palestinians Israelis, who vote and earn triple the pay of those in the West Bank.

20 hours ago, rudi49jr said:

This just shows that Trump, Rubio, Hegseth and company are completely incompetent and out of their depth in these matters. They are like toddlers trying to play a game that is way too complicated for them. Putin, Xi and Netanyahu run rings around them, it’s really embarrassing. 

 

To my calculations both Putin and DT are, effectively, eleven years old.

IMO these drones over Poland was a test of reactions, and of boundaries: like a little kid.

 

Just today I saw some ex-FBI official on teevee, he worked under Kash Patel few a months.  He said he has an Inspector Clouseau way of doing things.

 

20 hours ago, carlf said:

About 60% of the Israeli population disapproves of Netanyahu.  Would you therefore conclude that 60% of the Israelis are anti-semetic?  

It's really fruitless to try to argue with people who do not devote more than 30 seconds of thought to a specific topic, before they reply with something completely inane, like blaming people who disapprove of Israeli policy of being anti-semitic. That's the oldest trope in the Israeli disinformation universe. 

23 hours ago, Mavideol said:

that's a heck of an accusation without any supporting evidence

Did you just wake up from a long sleep?