BREAKING: The U.S. is signaling a historic withdrawal from the Middle Eastern security umbrella, with Trump envoy Tom Barrack directly warning Gulf allies that Washington can no longer guarantee their security indefinitely and that they must take responsibility for their own defense, marking the end of the U.S. security umbrella, per the Wall Street Journal. Speaking in Doha, Barrack declared that the 80-year-old U.S. security-for-oil arrangement is no longer sustainable, stating: "America as the guarantor to the world, for the last 80 years, it is no longer there." He pointed to regional defense partnerships as the way forward, calling the shift a "realignment" rather than an abandonment. The blunt warning comes as Gulf states face direct Iranian strikes on U.S. military infrastructure and growing uncertainty over Washington's future military commitment to the region. Financial pledges have offered no guarantee of protection—Qatar's $400 million jet and $1 trillion investment did not stop Iran from striking its LNG terminal, and Saudi Arabia's pleas for direct support in Yemen have gone unanswered.