Overview
- Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman received full ceremonial honors, including a military honor guard, a cannon salute and a fighter-jet flyover.
- President Trump said the U.S. will sell F-35s to Saudi Arabia, which has requested 48, a move that will face scrutiny over Israel’s qualitative military edge and technology-security risks.
- The crown prince pledged to lift planned U.S. investments from roughly $600 billion to about $1 trillion, with new deals expected in AI infrastructure and civil nuclear cooperation.
- Trump publicly rejected U.S. intelligence assessments on Jamal Khashoggi’s 2018 killing, asserting the crown prince “knew nothing about it.”
- Saudi entry into the Abraham Accords remains a U.S. goal, with Riyadh insisting on a credible path to Palestinian statehood and seeking formal U.S. security assurances.