Trump pitched Saudi Arabia as the key to building peace and prosperity in the Middle East, contrasting the kingdom with the nuclear intransigence of Iran.

The US and Saudi Arabia have finalised a $142 billion defence agreement, comprising five military modernisation areas and including over a dozen American defence contractors. It is part of a broader $600 billion investment plan,

RIYADH: The United States agreed on Tuesday (May 13) to sell Saudi Arabia an arms package worth nearly US$142 billion, according to a White House fact sheet that called it "the largest defense cooperation agreement" Washington has ever done.

Amazon, Google, and Nvidia are among those who struck deals during Trump's visit to the Middle East, his first major overseas trip of his second term.

The US president says he believes the ties between the United States and Saudi Arabia are "more powerful than ever before".

Donald Trump and Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman struck a deal on Tuesday during the US President's tour of the Gulf region.

Saudi officials will push for American investments in the kingdom, as US officials lobby for petrodollars to flow the opposite way

Saudi Arabia wants U.S. help developing its own civil nuclear program, and the Trump administration says it’s “very excited” at the prospect. U.S.