{"id":137440,"date":"2025-05-14T20:21:57","date_gmt":"2025-05-14T20:21:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/trump-live-dancing-qataris-welcome-us-president-to-state-dinner-after-multiple-deals-signed-and-piers-morgan-makes-guestlist-sky-news\/"},"modified":"2025-05-14T20:21:57","modified_gmt":"2025-05-14T20:21:57","slug":"trump-live-dancing-qataris-welcome-us-president-to-state-dinner-after-multiple-deals-signed-and-piers-morgan-makes-guestlist-sky-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/trump-live-dancing-qataris-welcome-us-president-to-state-dinner-after-multiple-deals-signed-and-piers-morgan-makes-guestlist-sky-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump live: Dancing Qataris welcome US president to state dinner after multiple deals signed – and Piers Morgan makes guestlist – Sky News"},"content":{"rendered":"

Donald Trump is in Qatar attending a state dinner on the next leg of his four-day Middle East tour. Earlier he signed deals on defence and aviation with Qatar and met Syria’s president, a man once imprisoned by the US. Listen to the Daily – on Trump’s Syria deal – as you scroll.
Wednesday 14 May 2025 21:11, UK
Donald Trump has finished his state dinner in Doha and is now due to leave Lusail Palace.
Before this, he walks with the Emir of Qatar and FIFA president Gianni Infantino to inspect a football, which all three men then sign.
As a reminder, Qatar controversially hosted the 2022 World Cup – the first to be held in the Middle East. Saudi Arabia, where Trump visited yesterday, will host the 2034 tournament.
Democrats have flown a banner over Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago estate in Florida today mocking his ties to Qatar and the Middle East.
The banner, which says “Welcome to Qatar-a-Lago”, flew across the Palm Beach skies as Trump was in Doha for the second day of his tour of the Middle East.
The US president has come under fire for his administration’s potential acceptance of a luxury jet <\/a>from Qatar designed for use as Air Force One.
The US Constitution states that accepting a gift from an overseas power requires congressional approval, which Trump has not requested.
In a statement, Ken Martin, the chair of the Democratic National Committee, accused Trump of using the presidency to personally enrich himself.
“His corruption is a slap in the face to the millions of Americans who are struggling to get by and put food on the table,” he said. 
“Today, the DNC is highlighting what foreign autocracies around the world already know: Trump has no loyalty to the American people, national security, or the Constitution \u2014 his only allegiance is to his bank account and his billionaire buddies.”
Donald Trump has been very busy during his trip to the Middle East and we’re only just reaching the halfway stage.
He’s met with the leaders of several Arab nations, signed economic agreements and detailed his vision for the “golden” future of the region.
Here are the main takeaways from Trump’s Middle East tour so far:
Donald Trump is speaking at a state dinner hosted by the emir of Qatar.
He says Doha is working with the US on securing a deal with Iran and that he wants to see the country “thrive”.
“It’s a terrible situation and we want to do the right thing,” he says. “We want to do something that can save millions of lives.”
Trump thanks the emir and Qatari officials for their help and says the US will “do things for you that you’ll be very happy about”.
Earlier, Trump outlined three conditions he wants to see met in a deal with Iran. He said Tehran must “stop sponsoring terror, halt its bloody proxy wars and permanently and verifiably cease its pursuit of nuclear weapons.”
After Trump stops talking, the cameras are led out of the room. An announcer can be heard informing the guests that they are about to embark on a “culinary and cultural experience” and a “musical journey”.
Donald Trump says he is looking at “normalising” relations with Syria after lifting sanctions that have crippled the country for 25 years.
This morning, he met with Syria’s President Ahmed al Sharaa, who he later called a “young attractive guy”.
On this episode of the Sky News Daily, host Niall Paterson<\/a> is joined by our international affairs editor Dominic Waghorn<\/a> to discuss how the meeting came about, its significance for Syria and what it means for the wider region.
Donald Trump and the Emir of Qatar have finally finished greeting their guests for tonight’s state dinner in Doha.
The queue of attendees stretched well outside the Lusail Palace, with the two leaders taking the best part of 45 minutes to greet each guest individually. 
Among those we spotted were US defence secretary Pete Hegseth, FIFA president Gianni Infantino, British journalist and media personality Piers Morgan, Boeing chief Kelly Ortberg and Trump’s billionaire buddy Elon Musk.
Piers Morgan is among the guests who have just been welcomed by Donald Trump and the Emir of Qatar for this evening’s state dinner.
The British journalist and media personality is a long-time friend of Trump and has interviewed him several times.
Morgan praised Trump on X  this morning for his “brilliant” speech in Saudi Arabia yesterday, saying the US president “seems to understand the Middle East”.
Among the other guests we’ve spotted are Kelly Ortberg, the chief executive of Boeing. Trump announced earlier that Qatar had agreed to what he called the “largest order of jets” in Boeing’s history. 
Elon Musk, who was present as part of the Trump team in Saudi Arabia yesterday, has also arrived, greeting the US president with a friendly laugh.
After spending a minute outside the Lusail Palace, Donald Trump and the Qatar Emir head inside to greet people.
They take turns shaking hands with various guests, who are moving along in a line and each get a few moments to speak with Trump and the emir.
Donald Trump has arrived at his final event of the day in Qatar – a state dinner in Doha.
Traditional songs and dances are performed as he arrives at Lusail Palace, the official residence of Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani.
Trump exits his presidential car and meets the emir, with the pair embracing and exchanging words.
They then watch the ceremonial procession in the palace’s main courtyard before heading inside.
You can watch all the latest images in the stream at the top of this page.
Donald Trump’s tour of the Middle East has been all about trade, money and showing Arab nations how they can thrive if they do things “the Trump way”, US correspondent Mark Stone<\/a> says.
The president gave an address at an investment summit in Saudi Arabia yesterday where he spoke glowingly of what the “golden age of the Middle East” could look like, “defined by commerce, not chaos”.
It came as he signed a \u00a3450bn deal encompassing energy, tech and aerospace investments with Doha.
But one issue that hasn’t featured on the agenda for Trump so far is the war in Gaza, where this morning the Hamas-run health ministry said 53 people were killed after Israeli airstrikes hit homes in Jabalia.
“Certainly the violence that we’ve seen overnight in Gaza has overshadowed Trump’s trip to the Middle East,” lead world news presenter Yalda Hakim<\/a> says.
But Stone disagrees, saying the deadly strikes in Gaza have only overshadowed Trump’s tour “if you’re paying attention”.
“If you look at the pomp and circumstance here… Honestly, I don’t think, on the face of it, that Gaza seems to be featuring in this trip.”
Stone adds that the fact Trump has met with Syria’s President Ahmed al Sharaa but is not visiting Israel during his trip “speaks volumes” – and that this trip for Trump “is all about trade”.
And he says there’s a clear duplicity in Trump’s message “because the bombs falling on Gaza are American-made”.
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