Senate rejects effort to block arms sales over Trump’s dealings with Qatar and UAE
June 11, 2025
Senate Republicans have blocked an effort by Democrats to temporarily block arms sales to Qatar and the United Arab Emirates in response to President Donald Trump’s dealings in the region. Democrats forced the procedural vote Wednesday to protest Qatar’s donation of a $400 million plane to be used as Air Force One and a $2 billion investment by a UAE-backed company using a Trump family-linked stablecoin, a form of cryptocurrency. Senators voted to block the Democratic effort led by Connecticut Sen. Chris Murphy. Murphy forced the votes under a mechanism known as a joint resolution of disapproval that allows the Senate to reject arms sales.