
U.S. President Donald Trump and Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman meet in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, May 13, 2025. — Reuters
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Saudi Arabia on Tuesday promised billions of dollars with defense to artificial intelligence, as it received a warm welcome to President Donald Trump on his first state visit to his second term.
The Saudis took Air Force One into the kingdom with fighter jets with fighter jets, before they brought guards for a long time and sent a horseman with Trump’s motorcycle with a motorcycle with Trump’s motorcycle.
Under the imposition of a chandelier, Trump welcomed a promise of $ 600 billion in investing Saudi Arabia’s de facto ruler, Prince Mohammed bin Salman, and said it should be $ 1 trillion.
“We are the biggest business leaders in the world here today and they will go with a lot of checks,” Trump told the prince.
“For the United States, these are probably two million jobs we are talking about,” Trump said.
The White House said that Saudi Arabia will buy about AWay 142 billion weapons in which it has declared the largest weapons deal, though Trump has targeted a large, long -term personality in his first term.
The White House said the Saudi company will invest $ 20 billion in artificial intelligence sites in the United States, while tech firms, including Google, will invest in both countries.
With camera rolling, a long procession of Saudi royalty and businessmen waited for Trump and the Prince of the Crown Prince to return to the Prince, including Trump’s world’s richest man and a close adviser to Trump, Elon Musk, who made extraordinary appearances.
US leaders will go to Qatar and the United Arab Emirates, the long -standing oil -rich Arab monarchs, with long -standing relations with the United States and Trump.
Selecting the Gulf for his first major visit, the 78 -year -old billionaire is once again ignoring the traditional presidential stops among the Western allies, some of which are disadvantaged by diplomacy scattered by their principles.
Eight years ago, Trump also chose Saudi Arabia for his first abroad trip – when he posted with a shining version and participated in the sword dance.
On his first meeting, Trump remembered the 39 -year -old Prince, saying that he was “very impressed with the young boy who was more wise than his years.”
“For Trump,” he is a pleasant place for Trump, “said June Alterman, senior vice president of the Center for Strategic and International Studies.
He said, “His host will be generous and hospitable. He will want to deal with deals. He will flatter him and will not criticize him. And he will treat his family as past and future business partners.”
According to a Saudi official near the Defense Ministry, Riyadh will urge the latest F -35 fighter jets to secure the latest air defense system of billions of dollars.
Praise plane
To move forward, Qatar has offered a luxurious Boeing aircraft for Trump to renew Air Force One and then leave the White House.
Trump’s Democratic rivals have called the gift a clear corruption. Trump has withdrawn that it was “very public and transparent” and said: “I will never be a refusal to reject such a offer.”
A final prize, which has been pushed by both Trump and the Biden, is to persuade Saudi Arabia to accept the historic step of recognizing Israel to Saudi Arabia.
But Israel is unlikely to normalize that it can be performed high in the agenda of Trump’s journey, Riyadh insisted that the first Palestinian state should be established.
Israel has cut Gaza for more than two months of food and other goods as it pursues a new action against Hamas militants.
The United States, which has quietly disappointed with its ally, spoke directly with Hamas to secure the release of the hostage with Eden Alexander, Eden Alexander, which Trump spoke on Tuesday by a telephone.
After four rounds of nuclear talks between the Trump administration and Tehran, the Gulf talks will be likely to be likely to be tension on Iran.