US President Donald Trump is planning to go to Saudi Arabia in his first foreign tour after returning to the White House. It is being told that a plan for Trump’s Saudi tour is still being made. Giving information about Trump’s plan to go to Saudi on Sunday, the news website Exios said that the Trump administration is trying to restore a ceasefire in Gaza between Israel and Palestinian Group Hamas. The Trump administration is trying to get the rest of the hostages released from Hamas and the President can mean in the meantime Saudi Arabia.
Why is Trump going to Saudi Arabia in the first foreign tour?
Talking to the media on 6 March, Trump also said that he would visit Saudi Arabia “in the next one and a half months”. He had said, ‘I am going to Saudi Arabia. Generally you should have gone to Britain first, last time I went to Saudi Arabia. He invested $ 450 billion.
In the first foreign tour of his second term, he further said about going to Saudi Arabia, ‘This time I said that I will go only when you give a trillion dollars to American companies. This means that Saudi will apply a trillion dollars in the US in four years. They have agreed to do so, so I am going there.
An American officer and a source who knows the case has said that Trump will visit Saudi Arabia in mid -May. The US official said, “Foreign investment in Saudi tour, strengthening relations with Gulf countries and ending the struggle in the Middle East will be talked about.”
Saudi Arabia’s ‘height’ increased due to Trump’s arrival
Saudi Arabia is an important player in the ongoing peace talks between Russia and Ukraine. When Trump started this initiative, Riyadh, the capital of Saudi Arabia, had chosen Riyadh for talks with Russia. Due to this, Saudi’s stature has increased significantly.
In Riyadh itself, there was talk on the Russia-Ukraine Peace Plan between American and Russian representatives. Ukrainian President Volodimir Jailonsky also reached Saudi for talks after which Russia and Ukraine agreed to stop the attack on each other’s energy infrastructure for 30 days.
A source who has been aware of the case said that Saudi Arabia wanted that when this situation of ceasefire between the two countries came into force, Trump should visit Saudi.
Trump is running out of the box
When President Trump first came to power in 2017, he had chosen Saudi Arabia for his first foreign tour. And at the same time, he also broke the tradition launched by his earlier five presidents in which the new US President used to visit neighboring countries.
Prior to Trump, the President used to visit neighboring countries Canada and Mexico. Barack Obama, Bill Clinton and George H.W. After being selected Bush, he went to Canada in his first foreign tour. Before that George W. Bush and Ronald Reagan went to Mexico on their first foreign tour.
After Trump’s first term was over, when Biden came in 2021, he had chosen European countries for his first foreign tour and met with leaders of Neto (Organization of America and European countries).
Trump’s first phone after taking oath to Saudi Crown Prince MBS
US President Donald Trump took oath of office on 20 January, Monday. On Thursday, he called the real ruler Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman of Saudi Arabia. This was Trump’s first phone call to a foreign leader after becoming President for the second time. In this conversation, Trump had a condition of visiting Saudi Arabia in exchange for investment, which was accepted by Saudi Arabia and announced an investment of $ 600 billion in the US within four years.
Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, also known as MBS, and Donald Trump’s relationship has been very strong. In 2018, when MBS was a victim of criticism worldwide for the murder of Saudi journalist and columnist of Washington Post Jamal Khashojji, Trump was standing with him. The Biden administration had criticized MBS for killing Khashojji and the record records of the two countries.
But after Trump’s arrival, the relationship between the two countries has returned to the track again. The huge investment in Saudi America also agreed. Regarding investment, Trump said, ‘I will ask the Crown Prince, who is a great person, to increase his investment in America and increase it to 1 trillion dollars. I think he will do this because our relationship has been very good with him.
Trump needs MBS support to balance Iran
America is required to control Iran for stability in the Middle East. In this work, America is required to support Saudi Arabia. As soon as Trump arrived, Iran -backed Huti rebels have again put the list of terrorist groups. He has tightened the restrictions on Iran’s oil.
Trump wants Saudi Arabia to help him balance Iran. Saudi Arabia also does not want Iran to succeed in its nuclear program and emerge again as a very strong player in the area. Here, the Trump administration has once again intensified the pressure on Iran for a nuclear deal.