When President Donald Trump addressed U.S. and Qatari troops at a military base in Qatar, he assured the rank and file “we don’t care if you’re politically correct.”

The tiny Gulf state has showered money on the U.S.’s military and universities, giving it outsize geopolitical clout.

The Qatar-Boeing deal is the latest in a series of high-profile aviation agreements signed during Trump’s four-day Middle East visit. Just a day earlier, Saudi Arabia’s sovereign wealth fund inked a $4.8 billion agreement with Boeing, and U.S. Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick announced a $10 billion order from a British airline.

Podcaster Theo Von performed a set for U.S. troops in Qatar on Thursday where he joked about doing drugs on a mixed-race baby and the sexuality of men in the U.S. Navy, and compared the Qatari hosts’ attire to Klansman robes.

During his first 15 years at Qatar Investment Authority, Mohammed Al Sowaidi helped establish its US presence and scout opportunities. Now, as head of the $524 billion state-backed entity, he’s pledging to invest an amount nearly equal to the fund’s current size,

Follow for live updates as Trump continues his Middle East trip in Saudi Arabia and Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. testifies on Capitol Hill.

President Donald Trump is set to visit a U.S. installation at the center of American involvement in the Middle East as he uses his four-day visit to Gulf states to reject the “interventionism” of Amer