Year: 2017

Under siege in Washington, Trump reaps Saudi arms deal, stronger ties

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Under siege in Washington, Trump reaps Saudi arms deal, stronger tiesBy Jeff Mason and Steve Holland RIYADH (Reuters) – Under political fire at home, U.S. President Donald Trump sealed a $110 billion arms deal with Saudi Arabia on Saturday on his maiden foreign trip as he struggled to shift attention from the aftermath of his firing of the director of the FBI. The arms deal, plus other investments that U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said could total up to $350 billion, was the central achievement of Trump’s first day in Riyadh, first stop on a nine-day journey through the Middle East and Europe. Speaking to journalists after a ceremony to exchange agreements, Trump said it was a “tremendous day” and spoke of “hundreds of billions of dollars of investments into the United States and jobs, jobs, jobs.

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Trump's Saudi speech to urge unity against radical Islam: AP

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Trump's Saudi speech to urge unity against radical Islam: APU.S. President Donald Trump will call for unity in the fight against radicalism in the Islamic world when he speaks in Saudi Arabia on Sunday, characterizing the effort as a “battle between good and evil,” the Associated Press reported on Friday, citing a draft of his speech. Trump will avoid the tough anti-Muslim language from his presidential campaign as well as mentions of democracy and human rights, according to the draft speech, which remains subject to revision, the AP reported. It also urges Arab and Muslim leaders to “drive out the terrorists from your places of worship,” the AP reported.

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