Vice President JD Vance is shutting down the news about a Qatari Air Force facility being built in Idaho — despite Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth making the announcement just two days prior.
Hegseth’s announcement ignited a whirlwind of backlash among many factions, including from Trump’s MAGA base supporters.
While appearing Sunday morning on Fox News’ “Sunday Morning Futures,” host Maria Bartiromo asked Vance about the facility, questioning what Qatar is planning to develop in Idaho. Vance called Hegseth’s announcement a “fake story.”
“Yeah, I saw some reporting about this, Maria. I actually talked to the Secretary of War, Pete Hegseth, this morning,” Vance said. “This is largely a fake story. We continue to have with countries that we work with, we have relationships where sometimes their pilots work on our bases, sometimes that we train together, sometimes we work together in other ways.”
Vance went on to blame “misreporting” for the confusion over the so-called facility.
