President Trump arrived in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia on Tuesday as part of his four-day trip to the Middle East to discuss investments and military cooperation.
The Saudis rolled out a lavish purple carpet for Trump as he arrived in Air Force One.
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The Trump White House on Tuesday announced “Saudi Arabia’s $600-billion commitment to invest in the United States, building economic ties that will endure for generations to come. The first deals under the announcement strengthen our energy security, defense industry, technology leadership, and access to global infrastructure and critical minerals.”
The deal also included the “largest defense sales agreement in history” for Saudi Arabia to purchase nearly $142 billion in equipment from US firms.
Lee Greenwood’s ‘God Bless the USA’ played as President Trump took the stage of the Saudi-US Investment Forum.
Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman had a huge smile on his face as Trump took the stage.
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.@POTUS TAKES THE STAGE IN SAUDI ARABIA — TO “GOD BLESS THE USA!” pic.twitter.com/pO4VRsRZbd
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President Trump blasted the warmongers and neocons.
“The gleaming marvels of Riyadh and Abu Dhabi were not created by the so-called nation builders, neocons, or liberal non-profits like those who spent trillions and trillions of dollars failing to develop Baghdad and so many other cities,” Trump said.
“Instead, the birth of a modern Middle East has been brought by the people of the region themselves, the people that are right here, the people that have lived here all their lives, developing your own sovereign countries, pursuing your own unique visions and charting your own destinies in your own way,” Trump added.
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.@POTUS: The gleaming marvels of Riyadh and Abu Dhabi were not created by the so-called nation-builders… who spent trillions of dollars failing to develop Kabul and Baghdad… the birth of a modern Middle East has been brought about by the people of the region themselves. pic.twitter.com/SluRou2mv6
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Trump exited the stage to “YMCA.”
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