Trump in Doha: 'Our Country Is Hot. It's Hot as a Pistol' — and No 'Nuclear Dust' for Iran (May 15, 2025)

President Donald Trump told business leaders in Qatar that America is back on top. “It’s been a very special trip, and I can tell you that our country is hot. It’s hot as a pistol,” Trump said at a roundtable at the St. Regis Doha hotel on May 15, 2025, according to the transcript published by the American Presidency Project [1].

“And 6 months ago, they were laughing at the United States, but they don’t laugh anymore,” he said [1].

The video above shows Trump’s roundtable with business leaders in Doha on May 15, 2025. Quotes are from the American Presidency Project [1][2][3].

”Not Going to Be Making Any Nuclear Dust”

“And you probably read today the story about Iran has sort of agreed to the terms,” Trump said [1].

“I call it, in a friendly way, ‘nuclear dust.’ We’re not going to be making any nuclear dust in Iran,” he said [1].

“There’s only one sentence: They can’t have a nuclear weapon,” Trump said [1].

“There’s a very, very nice step, and there’s a violent step. Violence like people haven’t seen before. And I don’t—I hope we’re not going to have to do this,” he said [1].

”Over $10 Trillion”

“So, in 2 months, we’re going to have over $10 trillion. Nobody’s ever come close—no country has ever come close to that,” Trump said of investment commitments [1].

Of Qatar’s pledges, he said: “It could amount to 2 million, 3 million, maybe even 4 million jobs in the United States.” [1]

“The media, I have to say, has been very fair. They’ve been very fair. They’ve been terrific, actually,” Trump said, adding that the trip “could be a total of three and a half, four trillion dollars.” [1]

“Give Syria a Chance”

“And as you know, that—we’re trying to give Yemen a chance, and we’re going to give Syria a chance,” Trump said [1].

On the Houthis, he said: “they’re not going to be blowing ships out of the water anymore.” [1]

Turkey’s president had asked him to lift them, Trump said. “And so I did it, and it’s actually been very popular.” [1]

“We took out the sanctions,” Trump said of Syria. “And as you know, there was a very big change at the top, and I thought that we have to give them a chance.” [1]

“I Don’t Want You Building in India”

“We just had a tremendous order of Boeing,” Trump said, pointing to the heads of Boeing and GE Aerospace. “And General Electric, I hear, makes the best large airplane engine in the world by not even a contest.” [1]

“I had a little problem with Tim Cook yesterday,” Trump said. He said he told Apple’s CEO: “Tim, you’re my friend. I’ve treated you very good. You’re coming in with $500 billion, but now I hear you’re building all over India. I don’t want you building in India.” [1]

“Pay Off Debt”

Asked about a U.S. sovereign wealth fund, Trump said he would rather wait. “I want to really make a lot of money, pay off debt, and just get it—and then you do a fund, you know. These people have no debt,” he said, to laughter [1].

“And I’d rather pay the debt off and then do the fund after the debt is paid off,” Trump said [1].

”I’m Going to Call It an F–55”

Trump also previewed new fighter jets. “We’re doing an upgrade—a simple upgrade—but we’re also doing an F–55. I’m going to call it an F–55,” he said [1].

“I don’t like single engines,” Trump said. “But on occasion—I know you won’t admit this—if an engine goes out, it’s nice to have two, three, or four.” [1]

“I think the most beautiful fighter jet in the world is the F–22, but we’re going to do an F–22 Super, and it’ll be a very modern version of the F–22 fighter jet,” he said [1].

“And I don’t know if you know it, but you know who copied it? China. They copied it,” Trump said [1].

“Now, we just gave out, in the budget, a $1 trillion budget, which is the biggest we’ve ever done,” Trump said [1].

He wants cheap drones, too, and said one company “came in two weeks later with a drone that cost $41 million.” [1]

By the Numbers

$10 trillion+: in investment commitments in two months, per Trump [1].
Up to 4 million: U.S. jobs from Qatar’s investment, per Trump [1].
$3.5 trillion to $4 trillion: from the Gulf trip, per Trump [1].
2: engines for the planned F-55, per Trump [1].

What Happened Next

Then came the strikes. No deal was reached. On June 21, 2025, Trump announced U.S. strikes on Iran’s nuclear sites. “Our objective was the destruction of Iran’s nuclear enrichment capacity and a stop to the nuclear threat posed by the world’s number one state sponsor of terror,” he said [2].

And then a ceasefire. Two days later, Trump announced the end of the fighting. “CONGRATULATIONS TO EVERYONE! It has been fully agreed by and between Israel and Iran that there will be a Complete and Total CEASEFIRE,” he posted on June 23, 2025 [3].

“THE CEASEFIRE IS NOW IN EFFECT. PLEASE DO NOT VIOLATE IT!” Trump wrote [3].

For Trump in Doha the day before, see HYGO News’ page on May 14, 2025. For Trump’s Riyadh speech, see the page on May 13, 2025.