President Donald Trump rushed to explain why he failed to stop Israel’s attack in Qatar, the country that recently gifted him a $400 million jet.

Israel launched a strike on senior Hamas officials in Qatar’s capital, Doha, on Tuesday morning. Qatar is a key mediator in ongoing negotiations for ceasefire in Gaza and maintains a close relationship with the Trump administration.

Trump distanced himself from any responsibility for the bombing in a Truth Social post, writing, “This was a decision made by Prime Minister Netanyahu, it was not a decision made by me.”

Using uncharacteristically careful language, he said the strike, “does not advance Israel or America’s goals,” though he called “eliminating Hamas” a “worthy goal.”

Trump’s post was nearly identical to the statement Karoline Le

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