Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman (MBS) will meet US President Donald Trump at the White House on Tuesday. The high-profile meeting will see the Kingdom signing several billion-dollar deals with the US. During Trump’s visit to Saudi Arabia in May, MBS had pledged to invest $600 billion in the US.

Trump hopes to cash in on the pledge and focus on future collaborations during the meeting with MBS. A senior White House official told Reuters that the US-Saudi deal would cover technology, manufacturing, defense, and much more.

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US & Saudi Arabia Deal: Trump To Sell MBS F-35 Fighter Jets Worth Billions

US President Donald Trump and Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Sign new Deal
Source: Aljazeera

In a significant shift in policy, Trump announced on Monday that the US will sell F-35 fighter jets to Saudi Arabia during the defense deal with MBS. “We’ll be selling F-35s to Saudi Arabia, which has requested to buy 48 of the advanced aircraft,” he said. This would be the first time the US is supplying fighter jets to the Kingdom.

The deal would alter the military balance in the Middle East, providing the US “qualitative military edge,” said the official. “The Saudis will be spending a lot of money tomorrow on the US,” said another senior White House official. Trump and MBS meeting on Tuesday is closely watched as billions of investments will enter the US.

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“President Trump’s desire for investment into the US, which the Crown Prince MBS previously promised, could help soften the ground for expanding defense ties even as the President is determined to advance Israeli-Saudi normalization,” said Jonathan Panikoff, former Deputy National Intelligence Officer on the Middle East.

The new deals would bolster Trump and MBS’s relations and also cement Saudi Arabia’s commitment to the US. Reports also state that Trump would urge the Crown Prince to normalize relations with Israel. The Middle East turned on Israel after its war against Palestine ramped up post-October 2023 tensions.

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