Trump to meet Qatar PM, key US-Iran mediator, at White House

The significance here lies less in the bilateral meeting itself than in the timing and messenger: Qatar's top diplomat is carrying the Iran file into the White House days after signaling that Washington's appetite for a solution survived the midterms. That makes Doha's channel a live barometer for de-escalation, with Gulf states and anyone exposed to regional risk as the interested parties. Whether the post-election window translates into concrete movement, or remains a holding pattern, is the open question worth watching.