Trump Highlights Potential Pay Raise For Troops, Touts Military Reforms In Qatar Speech

President Donald Trump blasted President Joe Biden's withdrawal from Afghanistan and cited his wish to troops a salary raise successful an reside to U.S. work members connected Thursday.

Trump made nan comments during an reside to troops astatine Al Udeid Air Base successful Qatar during his extended travel to nan Middle East.

"My 2026 fund includes crossed nan committee – possibly you don't want to look for nan bully of nan country, you don't person to return it – salary raises for each and each 1 of you. Substantial salary raises," Trump said.

"You are without a uncertainty nan top fighting unit successful nan history of nan world. That's nan measurement it is. I said it past night. I said it's strong. We person nan strongest subject successful nan world. It's not moreover a contest. We person nan champion equipment, cipher has instrumentality for illustration us, cipher has nan planes aliases nan missiles aliases thing else," he continued.

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President Donald Trump arrives to reside troops astatine nan Al-Udeid aerial guidelines southwest of Doha connected May 15, 2025.  (BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/AFP via Getty Images)

"And arsenic your commander-in-chief, I'm present to opportunity that America's subject will soon beryllium bigger, better, stronger and much powerful than ever," he added.

Trump went connected to knock Biden, noting nan deaths of 13 U.S. troops during nan removal from Kabul, Afghanistan.

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Trump's speech came little than a time aft he connected Wednesday signed a bid of agreements pinch Qatar's Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani successful Doha, Qatar.

President Donald Trump holds up a pen fixed by Qatar's Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani arsenic they speech documents during a signing ceremonial astatine nan Amiri Diwan successful Doha, Qatar, Wednesday, May 14, 2025. (Alex Brandon/AP)

The agreements progressive a purchasing statement by Qatar for Boeing aircraft, arsenic good arsenic letters of intent and "joint cooperation" betwixt Qatar and nan U.S. The emir besides signed an intent statement to acquisition MQ-9 drone aircraft.

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Al Thani said he had a "great" speech pinch Trump anterior to nan signing ceremonial connected Wednesday, adding that nan agreements person elevated nan U.S.-Qatar narration to "another level."

A exemplary of a General Atomics MQ-9 Reaper unmanned aerial drone conveyance is displayed during nan Farnborough International Airshow. (John Keeble/Getty Images)

U.S. relations pinch Doha person travel a agelong measurement since 2017, erstwhile Trump accused Qatar of harboring terrorism: "The federation of Qatar, unfortunately, has historically been a funder of coercion astatine a very precocious level," Trump said astatine nan time.

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From there, Qatar became a awesome non-NATO state to nan U.S. successful 2022 nether Biden and is location to Al Udeid Air Base, 1 of nan U.S.'s largest Middle Eastern bases and a cardinal hub for U.S. Central Command operations. 

Fox News' Morgan Phillips contributed to this report.