Overview
- President Donald Trump welcomed Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman with full ceremony in the prince’s first White House visit in more than seven years.
- Trump said the U.S. will move ahead on a potential F-35 sale to Saudi Arabia, a shift that could face congressional review and tests over Israel’s qualitative military edge.
- Saudi leaders said planned U.S. investments would rise to roughly $1 trillion, expanding on a pledge made during Trump’s May trip to the kingdom.
- Officials signaled progress on U.S.–Saudi deals spanning defense sales, AI infrastructure and civil nuclear cooperation, with Riyadh also seeking formal U.S. security assurances.
- Normalization with Israel remains unresolved as Saudi Arabia conditions any move on a credible path to Palestinian statehood, while Trump publicly dismissed U.S. intelligence tying MBS to Jamal Khashoggi’s 2018 killing.