Trump secures nearly $2 trillion in Middle East deals during regional tour

president Donald Trump On Friday, it concluded a very important week in the Middle East and heads home after finishing his last leg from his three -state trip to the United Arab Emirates.

While it was expected that the trip, which included first stopping in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and then Qatar, was largely focused with huge investment deals guaranteed with Riyadh and Doha and Abu DhabiThe President also made a geopolitical shock by lifting decades -long sanctions on Syria, issued another warning to Iran, and reducing the difficult peace talks between Ukraine and Russia, which Moscow confirmed at the last minute that Russian President Valdimir Putin will not attend.

Here’s a look at what happened this week:

Trump signs a “strategic economic partnership” with Saudi Arabia

commerce

Before his trip to the Gulf, the president said he intends to return to their homes with at least a trillion dollars in commerce Investment deals – although it exceeded this clear goal.

While he was in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Trump signed a “strategic economic partnership” agreement of $ 600 billion with Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, which will witness Riyadh’s investment in American AI data centers and energy infrastructure, in “investment” in “Advanced transformational techniques In both countries “and a huge defense package worth 142 billion dollars – which the White House claimed” the largest defense sales agreement in history. “

The president suggested that the deal may approach a trillion dollars in the coming months and generate up to two million American jobs.

Trump also secured a A big deal in Qatar With a “economic exchange” of $ 1.2 trillion with Doha, which included the purchase of 210 aircraft from a Boeing plane by state -owned Qatar Airways for $ 96 billion, in addition to energy infrastructure agreements and investment in modern quantum technologies and workforce development.

The deal in Qatar overshadowed the controversial announcement that Qatar wanted a “gift” Trump A. The new Air Force One plane.

The president also expanded in a $ 1.4 trillion deal with the United Arab Emirates in March and announced $ 200 billion in “commercial deals” between Washington and Abu Dhabi.

President Donald Trump is walking with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman during a welcome ceremony in Riyadh, May 13, 2025. (Bandar Algaloud/For the sake of the Saudi Royal Court/Al -Bayan via Reuters)

Trump offers Iran’s choice: dropping nuclear weapons or facing “maximum pressure”

Iran

Trump addressed a major geopolitical issue not only Washington’s policy, but the Middle East as a whole – Iran And its pursuit of a nuclear weapon.

While countries like Saudi Arabia have long stood in Iran’s opposition and support for terrorism sponsored by the state, the United Arab Emirates and Qatar are increasingly looked at the normalization of relations with Tehran in an attempt to achieve stability in the region.

But Trump used his visit to refine it Washington design To ensure that Iran is not developing a nuclear weapon.

“if Iran’s leadership Trump said during a speech in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia: “The olive branch will refuse and continue to attack their neighbors, we will have no choice but to make the utmost great pressure.

Trump criticized the cruelty of Iran’s leadership and Iranian actors who did not answer Fox News’s digital questions about whether the president’s speech was It can negatively affect negotiations.

Trump said: “If the Iranian regime only focused on building their nation instead of demolishing the region,” Trump said. “However, I am here today not only to condemn the previous chaos of Iran’s leaders, but to present a new path for them and a better path towards a better and more optimistic future.

“In the case of Iran, I never believed in the presence of permanent enemies,” he added.

President Donald Trump holds a pen by Prince Sheikh Tarim bin Hamad Al Thani during the exchange of documents during a signing ceremony in Doha, Qatar, Wednesday, May 14, 2025. (Alex Brandon/AP)

Trump asks Syria to join the Ibrahim agreement, and to normalize relations with Israel in exchange for sanctions against sanctions

Syria

Trump took the international community by surprise, including some in its management, according to reports, when it announced that the United States will reflect the policy of contracts dating back to contracts Syria.

The United States first implemented sanctions on Damascus in 1979 when it was determined that it was a sponsor of terrorism.

But after the fall of the Bashar al-Assad regime and the seizure of the Levant Liberation Hayat-a US terrorist organization and not designed-Trump argued on Wednesday that the country should be She gave an opportunity to recover.

“We are currently exploring the normalization of relations with the new government in Syria,” Trump said.

US President Donald Trump will meet with Syrian President Ahmed Al -Sharra in his Rayyah, Saudi Arabia, in this sale, which was issued on May 14, 2025. Saudi Press Agency/Saudi Press Bulletin via Reuters, this image was provided by a third party

Trump met with the leader of Syria, President Ahmed Al -Sharra, In the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and confirmed that Foreign Minister Marco Rubio will also meet the Syrian Foreign Minister in Türkiye this week.

He added: “I am also asking to stop sanctions against Syria to give them a new start. It gives them a chance of greatness, because the sanctions were really paralyzing.”

“It will not be easy,” Trump said, referring to the rebuilding of Syria and the treatment of the continuous fighting that still exists in the country. “It gives them a good and strong chance. It was an honor for me to do so.”

Trump to overcome the peace talks Russia Ukraine, called Zelenskyy “the greatest sales, perhaps in history”

President Donald Trump speaks to correspondents on Air Force One on his way from Saudi Arabia to Qatar, Wednesday, May 14, 2025. (Alex Brandon/AP)

Russia Ukraine

Trump raised the eyebrows earlier this week when he issued a sudden announcement that he was considering traveling to Türkiye from the United Arab Emirates to participate in the Ukrainian peace talks Russia.

But Russia refused to say whether Putin will actually travel to Ankara, where the Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy He intended to visit him to start seizing a solution to end Russia’s conquest for three years.

On Thursday, the Kremlin emphasized Putin will not participate In peace negotiations, which renewed questions about the seriousness of ending the war.

However, Trump Reduce Putin’s refusal To participate in the conversations and suggested that this was due to misunderstanding the schedule.

“Look, nothing will happen until Putin and I am together. Well?” Trump appears to be disturbed by the question about whether Putin’s disappointment will not participate in the conversations. “He would have gone, but I thought I was going to go. It wasn’t if I wasn’t there.

“I don’t think anything will happen, whether you like it or not, until he and I meet,” he added, indicating that Thursday’s talks in Ankara are not expected to achieve a lot. “But we will have to solve it because many people die.”

President Donald Trump and Emir Sheikh Tarim bin Hamad Al Thani are a gesture during the state dinner at Lusail Palace in Doha, Qatar, Wednesday, May 14, 2025. (Alex Brandon/AP)

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Gaza

Although Qatar A Pioneer in negotiations To end the deadly military operations of Israel in the Gaza Strip and the return of all 58 hostages who are still being held there, the president has not commented directly on the current efforts to end the war.

Instead, he doubled his previous suggestion We must own the Palestinian territoriesAlthough the Middle East countries, including Saudi Arabia, Qatar and the United Arab Emirates, are repeatedly calling for a two -state solution specified by the United Nations border.

Trump said he saw “air footage where, I mean, in practice, there is no building. It is not as if you were trying to save something.

“I want to see that it is a freedom area. If necessary, I think I will be proud of its existence. 2 million Palestinians.

The Palestinians and the Arab countries have rejected this idea and largely supported an Egyptian proposal to rebuild the Gaza Strip. The European Union and the United Nations also supported the proposal of $ 53 billion.