GOP Senator Tells Fox News He Trusts Qatar ‘Like I Trust a Rest Stop Bathroom’ Moments After Trump Heaped Praise on It

Sen. John Kennedy (R-LA) is not so quick to put his faith in Qatar, telling Fox News on Wednesday that he trusts the Gulf nation “like I trust a rest stop bathroom.”

The remark came as the ever-quotable Kennedy joined Fox co-hosts Bill Hemmer and Dana Perino to talk President Donald Trump’s visit to the Middle East on America’s Newsroom.

Moments after Trump declared “we’re with you all the way” while in Qatar, whose royal family plans to bestow Trump with a lavish plane, Kennedy said: “I trust Qatar like I trust a rest stop bathroom. If they want to be friendly, I want to be friendly back. But with those guys, you know, trust in God, but tie up your camel.”

As the discussion turned to Iran, Kennedy said: “What you do is what you believe. Everything else is just cottage cheese. That’s true in life and in foreign policy. You can’t just talk to them. You gotta be tough. Trump has been president only a little over 100 days so the Iranians have to judge and are judging us on the past four years.”

He also made a dig at former President Joe Biden, saying he talked tough on Iran but “never delivered.”

“[Biden] kind of reminds me of my hometown Baton Rouge newspaper,” Kennedy said. “They talk tough, but they can’t quite pull it off when they show up to a party in Crocs and knee-high tube socks. Trump has gotta look the Ayatollah in the eye and say, ‘Look, we can do it the easy or hard way, OK? Let’s skip the foreplay. You have to get rid of your uranium, all of it. You can’t even have a scintilla of uranium. You’re not gonna have a weapon. If you do that we’ll remove the sanctions and we’ll help you prosper as long as you stop hurting people and give up your bomb. If you don’t do that, I’m gonna saddle up with Israel and slap you into Pluto and then we’ll see what happens.'”

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