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President Donald Trump in a speech in Saudi Arabia has urged Iran to take a “new and a better path” as he pushes for new nuclear deal.
The U.S. has agreed to sell Saudi Arabia an arms package worth nearly $142 billion, the White House announced Tuesday, as President Donald Trump kicked off his Middle East trip in Riyadh.Described by the Trump administration as "the largest defense cooperation agreement" in history,
For years, the U.S.- Saudi Arabia relationship revolved around oil and defense. But this week’s state visit by President Donald Trump to Riyadh strongly signals a pivot to technology, as the regions find common ground not in petroleum, but in rich wells of investment capital.
Deals mentioned by Trump include a $5.8 billion investment by a healthcare company with a portion being spent in Michigan.
Although Trump recently attended the funeral of Pope Francis in Rome, Saudi Arabia was originally intended to be his initial overseas destination, just like in his first term. It served as a gilded debut for a foreign policy focused on securing cash infusions for American businesses.
By Yousef Saba, Gram Slattery, Pesha Magid and Nafisa Eltahir RIYADH (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump secured a $600 billion commitment from Saudi Arabia on Tuesday to invest in the United States after the oil power accorded him a gala welcome at the start of a tour of Gulf states.
The excitement of Donald Trump’s trip to Saudi Arabia apparently didn’t last long for the 78-year-old president: In fact, the special welcome ceremony appeared to be a snoozer. Trump landed in Riyadh on Tuesday as part of a four-day diplomatic trip to the Middle East,
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