Trump will ask Saudi Arabia to increase its promised investment in the US to a trillion dollars
US President Donald Trump (L) talks with Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman (C) as Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (R), Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi (2nd R) and British Prime Minister Theresa May smile during a family photo at the G20 summit in Osaka June 28, 2019 (Photo by KIM KYUNG-HOON / POOL / AFP) (Photo credit to KIM KYUNG-HOON/AFP via Getty Images)
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US President Donald Trump on Thursday praised Saudi Arabia’s pledge to invest $600 billion in America over the next four years, suggesting the figure should actually be higher.
“It was also reported in the papers today that Saudi Arabia will invest at least $600 billion in America,” Trump told the audience in Davos via video call, referring to major announcements of foreign investment plans in the country.
“But I will ask the crown prince, who is a fantastic guy, to round it up to about 1 trillion. I think he will, because we have been very good to them,” he said, referring to Saud. Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman.
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