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Donald Trump has completed his first presidential tour in his second term as US President.
The American president visited Saudi Arabia, Qatar, and the United Arab Emirates, and it is certain that he returned to the US "hands full" in terms of investments.
Trump's mission to the region may not have included only "business" but also a lot of diplomacy, but it is certain that this diplomacy is also based on economics, trade, and interpersonal contacts for the 47th President.
"X-rays" of Trump's economic "safari"
The US president has signed a series of long-term contract agreements, most of which relate to different sectors of the economy. Donald Trump, however, has shown particular interest in defense contracts and artificial intelligence, one of the technology sectors in which he pledged to invest billions of dollars during the election campaign.
United Arab Emirates
Etihad Airways will invest $14.5 billion to buy 28 American-made Boeing 787 and 777X aircraft, equipped with GE engines, as part of a US-UAE deal.
Emirates Global Aluminum announced a $4 billion investment to build an aluminum plant in Oklahoma.
The United States and the United Arab Emirates will also collaborate to build the largest artificial intelligence data center outside the United States. The facility, to be built by Emirates' G42 in Abu Dhabi, will cover 10 square miles and have 5 gigawatts of power capacity, according to the U.S. Department of Commerce.
Qatar
Donald Trump signed an investment deal worth more than $243.5 billion with Qatar, announcing a plan to increase total investment to $1.2 trillion, according to the White House.
Doha will invest $10 billion in the US military industry and purchase weapons systems worth $42 billion.
Qatar Airways has agreed to buy 210 Boeing jets worth $96 billion, the largest deal reached by Trump in the Middle East, according to the New York Times.
Qatari Al Rabban Capital signed an agreement with Quantinuum to invest $1 billion in quantum computing technologies and development in the United States.
Washington has also signed a series of defense deals with Qatar, including a $1 billion deal for anti-drone technology from Raytheon RTX and another worth $2 billion to buy unmanned aerial vehicles from General Atomics.
Saudi Arabia
The White House said Saudi Arabia had agreed to investments totaling $600 billion, although some of the projects were already under development. In addition, 145 new deals, worth more than $300 billion.
The $142 billion deal, signed during an investment conference attended by American billionaires and industry leaders, includes orders for $142 billion in equipment and services from more than a dozen American defense companies.
The package also includes a $20 billion investment by Saudi DataVolt for artificial intelligence data centers and energy infrastructure in the United States, as well as $80 billion in technology investments in both countries from giants such as Google, DataVolt, Oracle, Salesforce, AMD and Uber.
More than $2 billion will be allocated for infrastructure projects by American companies within Saudi Arabia, including the new King Salman International Airport and the Qiddiya City complex.
Separately from the bilateral agreements, Elon Musk announced that Saudi Arabia will use Starlink satellite internet services for aviation and maritime transport.
Nvidia will provide 18,000 AI chips to Humain, the new Saudi-funded company led by Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman. AMD announced a $10 billion project with Saudi Arabia to provide chips and software for AI data centers, covering both the Kingdom and the United States.
Humain also announced partnerships with Global AI, Cisco and Amazon to create an “AI zone” in Saudi Arabia, which will include new infrastructure, servers and networks to improve algorithm training.
Trump also produced diplomacy through this tour, quite significant diplomacy. Meeting with the transitional President of Syria and until a few months ago a jihadist is a strategic choice for the United States for Syria.
Trump chose to give the green light to the Turkish and Saudi plan for a country in which he himself wants no involvement, at least not directly. This choice is the loudest “slap” from the White House towards Tel Aviv in decades and is sure to produce events not only on a diplomatic and political level, but also in terms of tensions in the wider region that has been at war again since 2023.
A significant risk without a doubt and a major concession for Saudi Arabia, which "threw" this particular card on the table with billions in investments, eliciting a relatively "bloodless" American "yes".
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