Cabbage--follow the links and read the whole story! It explains that a reporter was at the private fundraising dinner and made a note of the remarks. The story was in USA Today.

No, he did not say anything bad about Qatar at all. I just thought it was interesting, because it is rare to find casual comments in the US about Qatar (or news about Qatar at all, for that matter). I also saw a pick last week of the Emir with actor Sean Pean and Scarlet Johansson at a charity party. The pic was to advertise that the two actors are dating, but I thought that it was more interesting to see the Emir there. Again nothing bad at all, but just a little different from the formality of the mainstream reporting.