Trump’s Visit to the Middle East: Secured Bonanza for US But Nothing for Gaza

US President Donald Trump visited Saudi Arabia, Qatar, and the UAE from 13 to 16 May 2025, securing major defence and economic deals. Trump announced the US would adopt the term 'Arabian Gulf'. No tangible relief was offered for Gaza. Deals included NVIDIA supplying AI chips to Saudi Arabia, AMD's $10 billion partnership, Amazon's $5 billion AI zone, Google's $100 million AI fund and $20 billion data deal with Supermicro. Saudi investments in the US reached $9.5 billion in 2023. UAE investments in the US totalled $3.7 billion (2018-2023), while US investments in UAE were $9.5 billion. Microsoft invested $1.5 billion in G42. UAE committed $1.4 trillion in US investments over ten years, with $200 billion in direct deals including Etihad Airways' $14.5 billion Boeing order, ADNOC's $60 billion oil expansion, Emirates Global Aluminium's $4 billion smelter, Qualcomm's AI hub, and G42's AI complex with 5 GW data centre capacity.

US President Donald Trump visited Saudi Arabia, Qatar, and the UAE from 13 to 16 May 2025, securing major defence and economic deals. Trump announced the US would adopt the term 'Arabian Gulf'. No tangible relief was offered for Gaza. Deals included NVIDIA supplying AI chips to Saudi Arabia, AMD's $10 billion partnership, Amazon's $5 billion AI zone, Google's $100 million AI fund and $20 billion data deal with Supermicro. Saudi investments in the US reached $9.5 billion in 2023. UAE investments in the US totalled $3.7 billion (2018-2023), while US investments in UAE were $9.5 billion. Microsoft invested $1.5 billion in G42. UAE committed $1.4 trillion in US investments over ten years, with $200 billion in direct deals including Etihad Airways' $14.5 billion Boeing order, ADNOC's $60 billion oil expansion, Emirates Global Aluminium's $4 billion smelter, Qualcomm's AI hub, and G42's AI complex with 5 GW data centre capacity.

US President Donald Trump visited Saudi Arabia, Qatar, and the UAE from 13 to 16 May 2025, securing major defence and economic deals. Trump announced the US would adopt the term 'Arabian Gulf'. No tangible relief was offered for Gaza. Deals included NVIDIA supplying AI chips to Saudi Arabia, AMD's $10 billion partnership, Amazon's $5 billion AI zone, Google's $100 million AI fund and $20 billion data deal with Supermicro. Saudi investments in the US reached $9.5 billion in 2023. UAE investments in the US totalled $3.7 billion (2018-2023), while US investments in UAE were $9.5 billion. Microsoft invested $1.5 billion in G42. UAE committed $1.4 trillion in US investments over ten years, with $200 billion in direct deals including Etihad Airways' $14.5 billion Boeing order, ADNOC's $60 billion oil expansion, Emirates Global Aluminium's $4 billion smelter, Qualcomm's AI hub, and G42's AI complex with 5 GW data centre capacity.

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