by Eliana Silver, Senior Foreign News Reporter
An Emirati billionaire who raged at Donald Trump’s betrayal of Gulf countries on X before deleting the posts has now toned down his criticism.
Khalaf Al Habtoor, a prominent billionaire whose developments have influenced Dubai’s skyline, took to X last week to vent his frustration at the US president.
In the posts, Al Habtoor accused President Trump of placing Gulf states ‘at the heart of a danger they did not choose’, writing: ‘Who gave you the authority to drag our region into a war with Iran?
‘And on what basis did you make this dangerous decision? Did you calculate the collateral damage before pulling the trigger?
‘And did you consider that the first to suffer from this escalation will be the countries of the region itself!’
He continued, questioning President Trump’s motive for the war: ‘The peoples of this region have the right to ask as well – was this your decision alone? Or did it come as a result of pressures from Netanyahu and his government?
