Overview
- Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman received full military honors in his first White House visit in roughly seven years.
- Trump conferred major non‑NATO ally status on Saudi Arabia and endorsed future F‑35 sales, a shift with implications for Israel’s regional military edge.
- Washington and Riyadh unveiled frameworks on civilian nuclear cooperation, artificial intelligence and critical minerals that are expected to face legal and regulatory scrutiny.
- Bin Salman pledged to raise planned Saudi investments in the United States to $1 trillion, up from a previously touted $600 billion.
- Trump asserted the crown prince knew nothing about Jamal Khashoggi’s 2018 killing, contradicting U.S. intelligence assessments and drawing criticism from human‑rights advocates and Khashoggi’s widow, as a gala drew guests including Elon Musk, Cristiano Ronaldo and Nvidia’s Jensen Huang.