Overview
- Trump posted the offer in a letter to Egypt’s Abdel Fattah el-Sisi on Truth Social, copying leaders in the UAE, Saudi Arabia, Ethiopia, and Sudan.
- Washington’s earlier GERD talks collapsed in 2020 after Ethiopia withdrew, with later discussions continuing under the African Union.
- Ethiopia inaugurated the Blue Nile mega-dam last fall, a project meant to produce more than 5,000 megawatts and boost power exports.
- Egypt and Sudan warn the project threatens vital Nile flows, and Cairo has labeled Ethiopia’s approach a grave violation of international law.
- Trump says any deal should ensure predictable drought-year releases for downstream states while preserving Ethiopia’s power generation, and he urged a peaceful outcome.