{"id":987642857,"date":"2026-03-05T17:40:28","date_gmt":"2026-03-05T22:40:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/danellaconsulting.net\/?p=987642857"},"modified":"2026-03-05T17:40:33","modified_gmt":"2026-03-05T22:40:33","slug":"prominent-uae-billionaire-khalaf-ahmad-al-habtoor-just-published-an-open-letter-to-trump-its-brutal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/danellaconsulting.net\/index.php\/2026\/03\/05\/prominent-uae-billionaire-khalaf-ahmad-al-habtoor-just-published-an-open-letter-to-trump-its-brutal\/","title":{"rendered":"Prominent UAE billionaire Khalaf Ahmad Al Habtoor just published an open letter to Trump. It&#8217;s brutal."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[et_pb_section fb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_row _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; background_size=&#8221;initial&#8221; background_position=&#8221;top_left&#8221; background_repeat=&#8221;repeat&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;4_4&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; custom_padding=&#8221;|||&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; custom_padding__hover=&#8221;|||&#8221;][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.27.6&#8243; background_size=&#8221;initial&#8221; background_position=&#8221;top_left&#8221; background_repeat=&#8221;repeat&#8221; hover_enabled=&#8221;0&#8243; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; text_font_size=&#8221;18px&#8221; sticky_enabled=&#8221;0&#8243;]<\/p>\n<p>\ud83d\udea8\ud83c\udde6\ud83c\uddea\ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddf8 Prominent UAE billionaire Khalaf Ahmad Al Habtoor just published an open letter to Trump. It&#8217;s brutal.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Who gave you the authority to drag our region into a war with Iran? Who gave you permission to turn our region into a battlefield?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Al Habtoor&#8217;s a major figure: billionaire, former diplomat, outspoken political voice in the Gulf. When he talks, UAE leadership&#8217;s listening.<\/p>\n<p>His questions:<\/p>\n<p>* Was this your decision or Netanyahu&#8217;s pressure?<br \/>* Did you calculate collateral damage before firing?<br \/>* You placed GCC countries at the heart of danger they didn&#8217;t choose<br \/>* Your &#8220;Board of Peace&#8221; initiatives were funded by Gulf states. Now we&#8217;re getting attacked. Where did that money go?<br \/>* You promised no wars. You&#8217;ve conducted operations in 7 countries: Somalia, Iraq, Yemen, Nigeria, Syria, Iran, Venezuela<br \/>* 658 airstrikes in your first year back = Biden&#8217;s entire term (which you criticized)<br \/>* War costs $40-65 billion for operations, possibly $210 billion total<br \/>* Your approval rating&#8217;s down 9% in 400 days<br \/>* Americans were promised peace. They&#8217;re getting war funded by their taxes<\/p>\n<p>The sharpest line: &#8220;Before the ink has dried on your Board of Peace initiative, we find ourselves facing military escalation that endangers the entire region. So where did those initiatives go?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Al Habtoor&#8217;s not some random critic. He&#8217;s establishment. Connected. When UAE elites start publicly questioning Trump&#8217;s decision-making, that&#8217;s America&#8217;s closest Arab allies saying &#8220;we didn&#8217;t sign up for this.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The letter ends: &#8220;True leadership is not measured by war decisions, but by wisdom, respect for others, and pushing toward achieving peace.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>@KhalafAlHabtoor<\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section]<\/p>\n<span class=\"et_bloom_bottom_trigger\"><\/span>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\ud83d\udea8\ud83c\udde6\ud83c\uddea\ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddf8 Prominent UAE billionaire Khalaf Ahmad Al Habtoor just published an open letter to Trump. It&#8217;s brutal. &#8220;Who gave you the authority to drag our region into a war with Iran? Who gave you permission to turn our region into a battlefield?&#8221; Al Habtoor&#8217;s a major figure: billionaire, former diplomat, outspoken political voice in the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":987642858,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"on","_et_pb_old_content":"<p>\ud83d\udea8\ud83c\udde6\ud83c\uddea\ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddf8 Prominent UAE billionaire Khalaf Ahmad Al Habtoor just published an open letter to Trump. It's brutal.<\/p><p>\"Who gave you the authority to drag our region into a war with Iran? Who gave you permission to turn our region into a battlefield?\"<\/p><p>Al Habtoor's a major figure: billionaire, former diplomat, outspoken political voice in the Gulf. When he talks, UAE leadership's listening.<\/p><p>His questions:<\/p><p>* Was this your decision or Netanyahu's pressure?<br \/>* Did you calculate collateral damage before firing?<br \/>* You placed GCC countries at the heart of danger they didn't choose<br \/>* Your \"Board of Peace\" initiatives were funded by Gulf states. Now we're getting attacked. Where did that money go?<br \/>* You promised no wars. You've conducted operations in 7 countries: Somalia, Iraq, Yemen, Nigeria, Syria, Iran, Venezuela<br \/>* 658 airstrikes in your first year back = Biden's entire term (which you criticized)<br \/>* War costs $40-65 billion for operations, possibly $210 billion total<br \/>* Your approval rating's down 9% in 400 days<br \/>* Americans were promised peace. They're getting war funded by their taxes<\/p><p>The sharpest line: \"Before the ink has dried on your Board of Peace initiative, we find ourselves facing military escalation that endangers the entire region. So where did those initiatives go?\"<\/p><p>Al Habtoor's not some random critic. He's establishment. Connected. When UAE elites start publicly questioning Trump's decision-making, that's America's closest Arab allies saying \"we didn't sign up for this.\"<\/p><p>The letter ends: \"True leadership is not measured by war decisions, but by wisdom, respect for others, and pushing toward achieving peace.\"<\/p><p>@KhalafAlHabtoor<\/p>","_et_gb_content_width":"","_eb_attr":"","footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[11,90,60,97,95,28,57,89,96,63,77,6,86],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-987642857","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-action-steps","category-deplorable","category-editors-choice","category-eotwawki","category-fighting-back","category-great-awakening","category-in-the-storm-news","category-logical","category-mad-as-hell-and-not-taking-it-anymore","category-oh-shit","category-rescue-the-republic","category-revelations","category-wait-for-it"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/danellaconsulting.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/987642857","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/danellaconsulting.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/danellaconsulting.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/danellaconsulting.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/danellaconsulting.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=987642857"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/danellaconsulting.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/987642857\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":987642860,"href":"https:\/\/danellaconsulting.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/987642857\/revisions\/987642860"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/danellaconsulting.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/987642858"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/danellaconsulting.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=987642857"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/danellaconsulting.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=987642857"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/danellaconsulting.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=987642857"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}