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'I like you too much': Trump and Saudi crown prince bask in their friendship
- On May 13, 2025, U.S. President Donald Trump held talks with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman at the Royal Court in Riyadh.
- Trump’s meeting followed years of warm relations and admiration for bin Salman’s autocratic rule, which Trump praised despite the absence of democratic freedoms.
- At the Saudi-U.S. Investment Forum, attended by leading global CEOs, over $300 billion in confirmed agreements and $600 billion in Saudi investments into the U.S. Were announced.
- Trump declared, “I like him too much,” and called Saudi Arabia the United States’ strongest partner, while critics expressed concern over gifts and diplomatic ethics.
- The event reinforced close U.S.-Saudi ties under Trump and underscored Saudi Arabia’s ongoing economic ambitions, despite its autocratic governance and fiscal challenges linked to projects like Neom.
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Good morning to everyone except whoever did the president’s makeup today:Happy Wednesday.U.S. President Donald J. Trump and Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman attend a bilateral meeting at the Saudi Royal Court on May 13, 2025, in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. (Photo by Win McNamee / Getty Images.)Autocrats, Kleptocrats, Plutocrats… Oh My!by William KristolWhat a spectacle! There they were yesterday, assembled in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, autocrats and …
No one can break my strong relationship with King Salman and the Saudi Crown Prince.
While in Qatar today (Thursday), United States President Donald Trump stressed the strength of his relationship with the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques, King Salman Bin Abdulaziz, and Crown Prince Mohamed Bin Salman. While in Qatar (Thursday), he said that his two-day visit to Saudi Arabia: no one could break the strong relationship between America and Saudi Arabia.
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