Trump, the Saudi crown prince in friendship

Ritz -Carlton’s public chamber was packed at the edge on Tuesday, when the guests were waiting for US President Donald Trump, Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman.

The attendees at the United States Investment Forum included dozens of the world’s most powerful executives, including Elon Musk, nvidia ‘S Jensen Huang and BlackrockLarry Fink, to name a few.

The event of the event has disturbed the guests – billionaires and novice advisers alike – at the public session to wait in a state of suspense while Saudi and American leaders held their meetings.

“We have been buried in the plenary session for three hours before they appeared,” Tarik Solomon, head of the American Black Business Chamber in his head, told CNBC. “Nothing says diplomacy like strategic patience.”

Guests described fun scenes because Fortune 500 executives sat on the ground due to a lack of seats.

“They also put the executives on the stage for three hours, and they had no place to sit. So they are like, and they were sitting on the ground, literally, with their legs crossing, and they spoke with each other, a funny scene,” said one of the attendees, who asked not to reveal their identity because of the professional restrictions to speak to the press, for CNBC.

“This event was really unorganized,” the guest said, but he witnessed energy in the room when the president took the stage.

“It was amazing to be in that room. Regardless of what you say about Trump, he is a star. He knows how to work in a room.”

Trump stood alone on the stage while playing Lee Greenwood’s national song “proud to be an American” on the surrounding loudspeakers before launching a letter for about 50 minutes that covered American relations with the region, but he focused greatly on his agenda and local heritage.

One of the attendees said, “I feel I just attended the first Trump Rally.”

The American leader has devoted a lot of his speech to the praise of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, which he enjoyed warm relations for years, and where he visited the first state in 2017 during the first White House.

Trump said: “Radia has not become just a headquarters for the government, but rather a cultural and high -tech capital of work in the entire world,” Trump said.

“Muhammad, do you sleep at night? How do you sleep?” He said, addressing the 39 -year -old crown prince, who was sitting directly on the other side of him in the audience. “Critics questioned that it was possible, what it did, but during the past eight years, Saudi Arabia has proven that critics are completely wrong.”

The crowd applauded as Trump said, “It is your greatest actor, the greatest actor. If I don’t like it, I will get out of here very quickly. You know that, right? He knows me well. I love him so much. I love him so much.”

Bin Salman sat on the president, and he often put his hand on his heart in a gesture of appreciation.

“For this reason we give a lot, you know?” Trump said. “I am really in love with you.”

The Saudis expressed social media his pride in the relationship of their non -reality leader with the American president, and regional analysts pointed to the blatant difference between the relationship of this administration with the Kingdom and the treatment of the Biden administration, which was cooler.

“Trump and MBS? It is a bromine for ages.”

The main news of the event was Announcing $ 600 billion in investments By the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia in the United States, including a record $ 142 billion to buy US weapons.

“In general, the mood was very optimistic,” said Suleiman from the American Chamber of Commerce. “The right people were in the room, and the deals felt less performance this time. Perhaps because they confirmed 300 billion dollars in real agreements, rather than sewing $ 1 billion addresses.”