Washington : US President Donald Trump is leaving for the Middle East countries today. Today Donald Trump will visit Saudi Arabia. This is Trump’s first official foreign trip after becoming President for the second time. Trump had earlier gone to Vatican to attend the funeral of Pope Francis on 26 April.
Trump will meet Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman in Saudi’s capital Riyadh on Tuesday (May 13). After this, on May 14, he will attend the summit of Gulf leaders. After this, his journey will be of Qatar. Trump will visit UAE on 15 May on the last day of his visit. It is a tradition of American presidents visiting European countries or Canada and Mexico. Trump has not visited Saudi Arabia since becoming President in 2017.
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This is his first Saudi Arabia visit after becoming President for the second time.
This is Trump’s first official visit to Saudi Arabia after becoming President for the second time. Trump interacted with Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman over the phone. The two leaders emphasized the stability and efforts to bring regional security in the Middle East. Efforts to deal with terrorism were also discussed.
Saudi Arabia and America Investment
In addition, according to a statement issued by Saudi Arabia, Saudi Arabia will invest $ 600 billion in the United States. The US is also investing heavily in Saudi Arabia. Trump wants to increase this investment to 1 trillion dollars. Saudi Arabia has invested $ 925 billion in the Public Investment Fund (PIF). Saudi Arabia has invested in the US through this.
American investment in United Arab Emirates
The US has also expressed a desire to invest $ 1.4 trillion in AI, semiconductor, energy and infrastructure areas in the United Arab Emirates in the next 10 years.
America-Saudi Arabia Relations
Trump has strengthened relations with Gulf countries including Saudi Arabia during his first term as President. Even after leaving the post, Trump has invested $ 2 billion in the company of his Saudi son -in -law and former colleague Jered Kushner. Trump’s current visit is taking place at a time when his allegations have created confusion. This has led to a decline in US economic production. This is the first decline in the last three years and will be discussed.
Trump also wants to try to improve relations between Saudi Arabia and Israel. He also emphasized this during his first term. Trump has expressed his desire to recognize Israel from Saudi Arabia. According to Saudi Arabia, the capital of Palestine should be East Jerusalem and he wants an independent country. But Israel does not accept it.
