Trump defended the process in the usual manner: “The fact that the Ministry of Defense receives a Boeing 747 free of charge to temporarily replace the 40 -year -old Air Force One, in a very public and transparent transaction, disturbs the corrupt democrats so much that they insist that we pay the maximum price for the aircraft,” he wrote.
His press spokeswoman Karoline Leavitt also defended Trump’s deals: “I find it ridiculous that someone in this room dares to say that President Trump would do anything to his own advantage,” she said at a press conference. He gave up his life in luxury and the management of a successful real estate empire to go to the public service.
The economy will still be in the foreground. Steven Cook from the Council on Foreign Relations Thinging Factory explained to the US magazine “Newsweek”: “Saudis, Emiratis and Qatarer will have a real race who can offer the President the most impressive reception. And then they will outperform themselves in the number of agreements that they can announce during the presence of the president.”
Because Trump brings a prominent business delegation. On Tuesday there will be an economic summit in Riyadh, in which Tesla CEO Elon Musk, Meta boss Mark Zuckerberg, Blackrock CEO Larry Fink, Openai-CEO Sam Altman, Citigroup CEO Jane Fraser and Boeing CEO Kelly Ortberg should also take part.
Due to the close connections to Trump and his family, Saudi Arabia, the VAE and Qatar, are also hoping for more advantages. Ali Shihabi, an author and commentator in the politics and economy of Saudi Arabia, said to CNN that it is particularly about “security, security and again security”. Last year, a defense and trade agreement had burst between the USA and Saudi Arabia. It is expected that this could still come about under Trump.
