President Donald Trump announced that the new “peaceful nuclear cooperation agreement” between the United States and Saudi Arabia, signed on Wednesday, hinges on the Saudis joining the Abraham Accords. “The Civil Nuclear Deal (There will be no enrichment of material!) being made between the United States Department of Energy and Saudi Arabia, which…
During a press briefing, White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt echoed a social media post from President Trump that said any nuclear deal with Saudi Arabia would be contingent on them joining the Abraham Accords. NBC News' Monica Alba reports from the White House on the potential deal and the White House's approach.
Trump says Saudi Arabia must join the Abraham Accords before any civilian nuclear energy deal moves forward, insisting the condition was always understood.
President Trump claimed Thursday the new nuclear deal the U.S. signed with Saudi Arabia will not include uranium enrichment and requires the kingdom normalize its relations with Israel.Why it matters: Trump is responding to two of the bigger criticisms of the deal: that it could open the door to nuclear enrichment and that Washington gave up leverage to…
The Trump administration on Wednesday signed a nuclear deal with Saudi Arabia that, per The New York Times, “could lead to the country enriching its own fuel for nuclear reactors” and is estimated to “provide billions of dollars for the U.S. nuclear industry.” This news took much of Washington by surprise, given the rift between the two countries over the…
The US president says the landmark agreement to help Saudis develop nuclear energy is dependent on it joining the Abraham Accords.
The agreement gives American companies priority access to nuclear reactors and fuel to Saudi Arabia. It's expected to last decades and be worth billions of dollars.
White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt did not offer any new information regarding the civilian nuclear deal Thursday after President Trump made it conditional on Saudi Arabia normalizing relations with Israel. “The president is always the final dealmaker, as you know, and this is something that he has mentioned on numerous occasions going back,”…
Once again, Mr. ‘Art of the Deal’ underperforms his predecessors.
