Trump and MBS Turn Saudi Capital into an America First War Chest
Trump’s Saudi package recycles indebted capital into America First projects, offering vague nuclear, AI and defence promises, deeper US leverage over BRICS ties and a fragile regional order.
President Trump’s new Saudi agreements look like a triumphalist checklist. Nuclear, critical minerals, AI, tanks, F-35, and nearly 1 trillion dollars in investment promises. The agreements are less of a strategic breakthrough and more of a highly asymmetric refinancing deals. Saudi Arabia is being asked to borrow and recycle capital into the United States while accepting vague commitments on security and technology that Washington can stretch or dilute at will. The emerging regional order is reliant on fragile security garauntees.
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