The nation's recent moves include a luxury gift to President Trump, billions of dollars to American universities and media and massive investments in energy and technology.

The tiny Gulf state has showered money on the U.S.’s military and universities, giving it outsize geopolitical clout.

Doha's long history of buying influence in the U.S. is resurfacing amidst reports that Trump will accept a gifted luxury Boeing jet by the Qatari government.

The U.S. has grown closer to Qatar in recent years, so much so that the tiny nation has been at the forefront of high-stakes peace negotiations between global powers.

A new report from the Middle East Forum lays out the billions Qatar has spent buying influence and power in America even as it hosts terror groups

“Why would we buy an influence in the United States?" he asked CNN. "If you look just in the last 10 years in the US-Qatar relationship ... from foreign countries spending big at a Washington ...