Saudi Arabia is Quietly Planning to Enrich Uranium and the Trump Administration Wants to Help Build the Reactors
The Saudi government is indicating that it will not accept an American contract to build the reactors if it comes with strings attached. / Shutterstock
By Eleanor Beevor
Saudi Arabia is Quietly Planning to Enrich Uranium and Trump Administration Wants in on Business, even as it seeks new ways to qualify the Iran Deal.
Mohammed Bin Salman, Saudi Arabia’s crown prince and new power broker may be reform-minded in some ways, but in regard to Iran he is an arch traditionalist. His status as America’s new favourite Arab leader, his liberal economic agenda and his diplomatic clout give him several political cards.
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Another thing Trump has done correctly imo, is that behind closed doors and back channels, though not totally hidden, he's told these countries to ship up in regards to terrorism and that, in so doing, we will be your friend. This is a positive. Of course, the other way, would be to just be "isolationist" and not have anything to do with any of these countries. Obviously, Saudi Arabia, etc. are strategic allies per the maxim, the US doesn't have allies but interests, something like this.
