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Contributing sentiments towards policy:

65% : Both praised Trump for his support for the Qatar Airways order for Boeing aircraft.
61% : Trump made the comments during a business roundtable in Doha, Qatar, on his Mideast tour, first discussing Apple's plans to build manufacturing plants for its iPhone there.
54% : " At another point, Trump mused: "In the case of Iran, they make a good drone." ___ President Donald Trump has suggested that India has offered to drop tariffs on U.S. goods to zero, something not immediately acknowledged by New Delhi.
51% : Trump made the remarks at a business roundtable in Qatar on his Mideast trip.
44% : Trump had suggested he could travel there for the talks if Putin was going.
39% : " Trump plans to address troops at Qatar's al-Udeid Air Base, which was a major staging ground during the U.S. wars in Iraq and Afghanistan and supported the recent U.S. air campaign against Yemen's Iran-backed Houthis.
37% : And I said, I don't think he's going to go if I don't go." ___ Trump sat with GE Aerospace's Larry Culp and Boeing Co.'s Kelly Ortberg on either side of him on Thursday.
32% : "I didn't think it was possible for Putin to go if I'm not there," Trump said.
28% : Speaking in Qatar before business leaders, Trump said: "We'd like to see if we could solve the Iran problem in an intelligent way, as opposed to a brutal way.
26% : "It's very hard to sell into India and and they've offered us a deal with what basically they're willing to literally charge us no tariff," Trump said.
25% : " Trump also said that Qatar's ruling emir, Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, had been pushing for diplomatic deal over Iran's nuclear program.
24% : On Thursday, however, Trump said: "I actually said, why would he go if I'm not going?
16% : He doesn't want us to do a vicious blow to Iran," Trump said.

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