Saudi Arabia, Qatar UAE go all out

Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates – if the state of Arabian Golf were currently holding a popularity match, President Donald Trump would be the Prom king.

The 45th and 47th President of the United States was greeted with spectacular fanfare in Saudi Arabia, Qatar and the United Arab Emirates during his 4-day visit to the region.

In Riyad, Saudi -Kroonprins Mohammed bin Salman broke the Royal Protocol by personally greeting the president on the asphalt. Trump’s Motorcade of Qatar’s Doha Airport was flanked by bright red Tesla Cybertrucks and riders on horseback. And in Abu Dhabi, the leader of the Vae Mohammed bin Zayed has awarded his American counterpart with the Order of Zayed Award, the highest civil honor of the nation.

As if that was not Covech, the parade of Royal Camels welcomed Trump outside the Amiri Diwan, the presidential office of Qatar. Trump spoke with Qatar’s Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-thani, Trump made it clear that he was being printed.

“As a Bouwman this is perfect marble,” Trump said, gestures to the walls and columns of the palace. “This is what they call perfectly. We appreciate Tose -Camels,” I added. “I don’t know such camels in a long time. And really, we appreciate the Vray a lot.”

The optics of the visit to the Middle East of the American leader was strong, with the more than the life of the lush of the Richast Petrostates in the region and how much of that wealth they want to tour, they spend to deepen their Tys with the US and promote their economic agendas.

The figures are historical. Qatar and the US have added to $ 1.2 trillion “economic exchange”; Saudia Arabia promised to invest $ 600 billion in the US, and large projects were signed with the United Arab Emirates, after Abu Dhabi in Marsen committed to 10-year-old, $ 1.4 trillion investment framework in the US.

Subtwijf remains whether those figures are realistic, especially during a period of low oil prices and wake yields for raw production. And the sum of the deals, such as Qatar’s record order of 210 Boeing Jets and Saudi -Arabia’s $ 142 billion weapon agreement with the US – the largest weapon agreement ever inked – will probably take decades to fascinate.

But the message was clear: the Gulf States first want to stand in line when it comes to collaboration with the US, whether it is business, military or technical.

“The Golf has always brought better with business presidents with business-Firs, and President Trump fits perfectly with that form,” Tarik Solomon, board member and former chairman of the American Chamber of Commerce in Saudi Arabia, CNBC.

“He still symbolizes money quickly, great defense and access to American technology. So when he is seated, the Golf helps to secure a chair at the table of the next world order, the Golf brings the chair with gold.”

Sub observers suggest that the three golf countries competed with each other for the affection of Trump. But many in the region say that it is more a long -term, strategic coordination.

“I do not consider the major economic announcements as a competition between the three country; for example, they reflect a competition with other regions-rurope for a closer relationship with the US government,” said Ahmed Rashad, an economics-at-economics-based economics-based assistant professional.

“The Economic Deals Appea [Gulf Cooperation Council] Countries seem to strengthen the related to the US and gain access to advanced technologies, “said Rashad.

The bromance vibes were in particular in Saudi Arabia, where Trump and Mohammed bin Salman praise each other in comments that were made during the US Saudi Investment Summit. The event, held in the lush Ritz-Carlton Riyadh, was risen by dozens of top American CEOs, including people like Tesla’s Elon Musk, Nvidia’s Jensen Huang and Blackrock’s Larry Fink, to name just a few.

In the VAE, Trump and Emirati leader Mohammed bin Zayed praised their personal friendship and the more than 50-year-old Alliance between their countries. The visit was the first of an American president of the VAE since George W. Bush visited the Sheikhdom in 2008.

The warm body language and fairly flowing mutual complements meant a grim difference in tone of visits to the country by civil servants of the Biden administration, who were peppered with tension.

The VAE already seem to realize rewards of the shift in the approach. Recent reports say that the US has a provisional aguement with the VAE to allow, for the first time, 500,000 H100 chips from NVIDIA per year – the most advanced chips that the American company produces. This would accelerate the power of the Sheikhdom desert to build data centers needed to provide its AI models with power.

“The journey from Trump to Golf reflects the increasing personalization of geopolitics,” said Taufiq Rahim, Main on 2040 Advisory and author of “Trump 2.5: First.”

“The leaders of the region have therefore responded by setting up a graceful representation for the visiting president. Flatertery and complets become just as important for the announcement and content of deals.”

The longer term, brand Rahim, focuses on the viability of the investments.

“For example, how many data centers are even needed? In an attempt to be the ‘biggest’, the expenditure of each country can actually create surplus supply that surpasses demand in certain sectors,” he said.

Shoot-for-the-moon Pleedges are still the right strategy according to the Salomon of the American Chamber of Commerce or Each Dollar in the coming years is a matter that can be treated later.

“Of course, for much of it is theater,” he said. “But in this region, the signal ambition is half the game. Even if only 50% get stuck, it is still an impactful game.”

Correction: This article has been updated to indicate that Tarik Soomon is the former chairman of the American Chamber of Commerce in Saudi Arabia.