'Funding peace or war?': UAE billionaire slams Trump for dragging Gulf into Iran war

'Funding peace or war? ': UAE billionaire slams Trump for dragging Gulf into Iran war Submitted by Sean Mathews on Thu, 03/05/2026 - 17:26 Dubai-based billionaire Khalaf al-Habtoor, who embraced the Abraham Accords and sealed deals with Israeli companies, lashes out at Trump A picture taken on 13 September 2017 shows Khalaf al-Habtoor, chairman of Al Habtoor Group, attending the world premiere of La Perle in Dubai, UAE (Giuseppe Cacace/AFP) Off UAE billionaire Khalaf al-Habtoor accused US President Donald Trump of dragging the US’s energy-rich Gulf partners into “danger” by unleashing a war on Iran that they did not want and betraying the American people by putting war at the “top of your priorities”. The letter on X marks the highest-profile public censure of Trump from the Arabian Gulf since the war on Iran started on Saturday.