President Trump held a bilateral meeting with Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman on Tuesday during his first leg of his Middle East tour, where he signed a signed a strategic economic partnership that he said could bring 2 million jobs to the United States.
By President Trump’s hundredth day in office, he had already secured $5.2 trillion in private and foreign investments in American business, set to create an estimated 451,000 American Jobs.
But it appears this trend isn’t slowing down any time soon.
According to the White House travel pool report, the president “recalled traveling to Saudi in 2017 and said Saudi investment would help create jobs in the U.S. Trump joked that $600 billion could be a trillion.”
While discussing the new investments by Saudi Arabia, President Trump stated, “It’s probably two million jobs that we’re talking about.”
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Trump: As you know, we have the biggest business leaders in the world here today. They’re going to walk away with a lot of checks, a lot of things that you will provide.
In the United States, it’s probably two million jobs that we’re talking about — this visit. So, number one, I like visiting with you, and we’ve known eachother very well, and I really believe we like eachother a lot. And number two, the United States, we’ve brought tremendous investments in and tremendous jobs, and we continue to service your great country very well.
Trump is joined on the trip by several cabinet members, including Secretary of State Marco Rubio, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, and Energy Secretary Chris Wright.
Other members of the administration, Elon Musk, and CEOs of several companies are part of the delegation are also in attendance.
The president signed a strategic economic partnership with the Crown Prince following their meeting.
According to the White House, “Today in Saudi Arabia, President Donald J. Trump 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.
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