The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia says it will increase US trade and investments by $ 600 billion

Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman told President Trump on Wednesday that the Kingdom intends to increase its investments and trade with the United States by at least $ 600 billion over the next four years. according to The official Saudi Press Agency.

The actual leader of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia told Mr. Trump that his new administration has the ability to create “unprecedented economic prosperity” in the United States, and that the Kingdom wants to participate, according to a statement to the Saudi Press Agency. He said.

The White House said, in a press statement, that the call was the first for Mr. Trump with a foreign leader, and said that the two discussed the Middle East in addition to the “international economic aspirations” of the Kingdom and the “increase in mutual prosperity” ways of the Kingdom. Two states.

Trump has promised to accelerate investment in the United States, especially to help revitalize manufacturing. During his campaign last year, he said he would be used A mixture of tax cuts and customs definitions To force companies to invest in the United States.

On Tuesday, Mr. Trump Stargit announcedIt is a joint project between Openai, SoftBank and Oracle aimed at creating at least $ 100 billion in artificial intelligence infrastructure. The initiative can invest up to $ 500 billion over a period of four years.

The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia was the first stop of Mr. Trump on his first foreign trip as president in 2017, which reflects the importance he attaches to his relationship with the Crown Prince. During that period, the United States followed great deals with the Kingdom, including arms sales.

Since then, Trump and his family have signed many personal commercial deals in the Gulf region, especially in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates.

Trump announced several projects in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia in December, and also revealed the Trump tower in Jeddah worth $ 533 million with Global, the global arm of the Saudi Real Estate Dar Al -Arkan. Each of the Arkan Dar and its branch Dar Global are two private companies, but they are Ties For the Saudi government.

And Jarid Kushner, Mr. Trump’s son -in -law also I got an investment of $ 2 billion From a Saudi government fund for his company for private shares six months after Mr. Trump left the White House in 2021.

“There is one certain thing,” said Salman Al -Ansari, a geopolitical analyst from the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. A shortcut to the name of the Crown Prince.

Mr. Trump He told reporters In the Oval Office on Monday, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia was its first foreign station during its previous term because they “agreed to buy our product worth 450 billion dollars.”

He said that if the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia wanted to “buy 450 or 500 other aircraft, I think I will likely go there”, on his first foreign trip in his second term.

In the spring, before his election, Mr. Trump I talked to the crown prince. It was not clear what they discussed and whether this was the only conversation he had since Mr. Trump left his post.

During the election campaign, Mr. Trump He said Al -Arabiya, a television channel owned by Saudi Arabia, said it was “a great respect for Muhammad, who is doing a wonderful job.”

Mr. Trump stood by the Crown Prince in the wake of the killing of the column writer in the Washington Post, Jamal Khashoggi in 2018, despite the evaluation of the CIA that It is likely that the Crown Prince agreed to kill and cut Mr. Khashoggi.

Foreign Minister Marco Rubio also spoke with the Saudi Crown Prince, in a phone call during which they discussed “the Saudi -Saudi partnership force at this time of extremely important change,” according to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. In 2018, when he was a member of the Senate, Mr. Rubio said there was.No doubtThe Saudi Crown Prince is involved in the killing of Khashoggi.

The other focus of the Trump administration is to persuade the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia to join the alliance Ibrahim agreementsAnd an agreement reached during the first period of Mr. Trump and led to many Arab countries establishing official diplomatic relations with Israel.

In a statement published by the Saudi Press Agency early Thursday morning, the Saudis said that Trump and Crown Prince Muhammad also discussed “ways to enhance peace, security and stability in the Middle East”, although the statement did not mention any discussions. Regarding the possible expansion of these agreements.

In the Oval Office on Monday, Mr. Trump also discussed these agreements. He told reporters: “I do not think you have to press them. I think that will happen, but perhaps not yet. But they will end up in the agreements, Ibrahim’s agreements. When asked when he was expected to sign a new agreement, Trump replied, “Soon.”

Last year, Crown Prince Muhammad stated that the Kingdom You will not normalize relations with Israel Without ensuring recognition first of the Palestinian state, a position that represents a shift from previous statements.