Tweet against Qatar - and deleted: Trump's Health Secretary and the storm on X

U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. published a sharp attack on Qatar and those spreading genocide accusations against Israel, but later deleted the post. Journalist Eitan Fischberger estimated the deletion was due to Qatari pressure, but presented no evidence. The background: close ties between Trump and Qatar.

U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. published today, on the third anniversary of the October 7 massacre, a sharp attack on Qatar and those spreading accusations that Israel committed genocide in Gaza. Kennedy wrote that the global propaganda campaign of the Muslim Brotherhood, funded by Qatar, makes Joseph Goebbels look like an amateur, and that accusing Israel of genocide is ridiculous and serves as a mechanism for antisemitism. The post later disappeared, and journalist Eitan Fischberger estimated that Kennedy deleted it following angry phone calls from Qatar, but presented no evidence. The political background highlights the sharpness of the statement: Qatar is a key security and diplomatic partner of the U.S., hosts the Al Udeid base, and Trump himself continues to portray it positively, calling it a "great ally" and even receiving a Boeing plane worth $400 million from it. The reason for the deletion remains unclear.