just curious if anyone knows whether qater is pro putin or pro trump; either way they are hoping for some good karma for dishing out 100K
For the rest of the world there really isn't any "Pro-Trump" faction. Nobody believes he is going to take authoritarian control of the US, so the longest he has left in power is 6 years, so nobody is gonna bother allying with America specifically in the name of Trump. Putin is a different story because of the fact that he is the state of Russia a la Louis XIV.
Either way, Qatar, exactly like
@AveryQuietMan said, is pro money. They're gonna side with whoever
a) let's them keep doing whatever despicable things they want
b) keeps them rich
so that usually means that they will play nice with Western diplomats and oil companies while funneling millions to Islamist terrorists across the region.
But to answer your question directly, Qatar is definitely more pro-America. They refused to have any relations with the USSR during the Cold War, and Qatar, a radical Sunni Muslim state, is natural enemies with Russia, a country that has aligned itself with Shi'a Muslim allies across the Middle East. Also, there was that time that a Russian diplomat flat out threatened to wipe Qatar off the map. So...y'know.
A big positive for some hockey fans, literally no downside for any hockey fans... not sure why this would be looked at as a bad thing other than to bring up how politically well-informed you are.
Are you really that cynical and/or have that big of an intellectual inferiority complex? Of course we need to dissect this. It's our responsibility as citizens who (hopefully) want an open, moral, and functioning society. The whole "take the money and don't ask questions" is bad enough, but the fact that you are backhandedly implying that people are discussing a real political issue solely to "show-off" is just sad.