Trump hopes to profit from MBS ties in oil deal, but Saudi’s plans differ
The post Trump hopes to profit from MBS ties in oil deal, but Saudi’s plans differ appeared on BitcoinEthereumNews.com. President Donald Trump is flying into Riyadh to make money, but Mohammed bin Salman isn’t just waiting with open arms. The Saudi crown prince has his own priorities, and they’re not the same as the American president’s. The two men plan to use their connection to strike deals, but their agendas are clashing. Trump wants business and image. MBS wants power and leverage. Back in 2017, a snowstorm changed everything. MBS was supposed to just meet Trump briefly in Washington. The storm delayed someone else, and instead, he got a full lunch with the new U.S. leader. That meeting laid the foundation. Two months later, Trump was already in Saudi Arabia. Now, nearly a decade later, the prince is preparing to host Trump again—this time, as the U.S. president for the second time—though this visit comes with a very different backdrop: an oil crisis and a struggling Saudi budget. Trump is landing with a long list of deals in mind. He’s talking about up to $1 trillion in U.S. investment. The Saudis are prepping a whole set of agreements—military, tech, AI, transportation, and rare metals. But the reality is that MBS needs money, not more spending. Oil prices have dropped to their lowest in four years, and Riyadh is in trouble. MBS pitches peace while Trump courts cash While Trump focuses on headlines and economic wins, MBS is trying to convince him to help with diplomacy. The Saudi leader has offered to support Trump’s peacemaking efforts in Gaza, Ukraine, Syria, Lebanon, and Yemen. He’s even trying to steer Trump away from supporting Israel’s military plan to hit Iran. Saudi Arabia has also been floated as the venue for a meeting between Trump and Russian President Vlad Putin, though no date is set. In the past few months, Saudi Arabia has…
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President Donald Trump is flying into Riyadh to make money, but Mohammed bin Salman isn’t just waiting with open arms. The Saudi crown prince has his own priorities, and they’re not the same as the American president’s. The two men plan to use their connection to strike deals, but their agendas are clashing. Trump wants business and image. MBS wants power and leverage. Back in 2017, a snowstorm changed everything. MBS was supposed to just meet Trump briefly in Washington. The storm delayed someone else, and instead, he got a full lunch with the new U.S. leader. That meeting laid the foundation. Two months later, Trump was already in Saudi Arabia. Now, nearly a decade later, the prince is preparing to host Trump again—this time, as the U.S. president for the second time—though this visit comes with a very different backdrop: an oil crisis and a struggling Saudi budget. Trump is landing with a long list of deals in mind. He’s talking about up to $1 trillion in U.S. investment. The Saudis are prepping a whole set of agreements—military, tech, AI, transportation, and rare metals. But the reality is that MBS needs money, not more spending. Oil prices have dropped to their lowest in four years, and Riyadh is in trouble. MBS pitches peace while Trump courts cash While Trump focuses on headlines and economic wins, MBS is trying to convince him to help with diplomacy. The Saudi leader has offered to support Trump’s peacemaking efforts in Gaza, Ukraine, Syria, Lebanon, and Yemen. He’s even trying to steer Trump away from supporting Israel’s military plan to hit Iran. Saudi Arabia has also been floated as the venue for a meeting between Trump and Russian President Vlad Putin, though no date is set. In the past few months, Saudi Arabia has…
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