Saudis reportedly plan to invest $40 billion in US infrastructure

[EgyptianAmerican]

President Donald Trump and Saudi Deputy Crown Prince and Minister of Defense Mohammed bin Salman meet at the White House in Washington, U.S., March 14, 2017.
Saudi Arabia plans to make a $40 billion investment in one of President Donald Trump's pet projects, U.S. infrastructure development, according a media report.
The announcement may coincide with Trump's visit to the kingdom next week, sources familiar with the matter told Bloomberg News. However, they cautioned that no final decision had been made and the announcement could be delayed.

Saudi Arabia has been telegraphing its eagerness to invest in the United States for months.
Saudi Energy Minister Khalid Al-Falih told CNBC in March the kingdom believes U.S. infrastructure in particular is an attractive investment.

"The infrastructure program of President Trump and his administration is something that we're interested in because it broadens our portfolio and it opens a new channel for secure, low-risk yet healthy return investments that we seek," he said.

Falih made those comments in the broader context of resetting relations with the United States. The relationship deteriorated under President Barack Obama, who brokered a historic nuclear deal with Saudi Arabia's chief regional rival, Iran.

Following Trump's meeting with the influential Deputy Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, also in March, the White House issued a statement saying the president supports developing a "United States-Saudi program undertaken by joint U.S.-Saudi working groups" that would invest in energy, industry, infrastructure and technology. The program would potentially be worth $200 billion in direct and indirect investment in the next four years, the White House said.

Trump promised to launch a $1 billion infrastructure spending plan, which he says would largely be funded by private investment.

The kingdom intends to make the infrastructure investment through its sovereign wealth fund, Bloomberg reported.

Deputy Crown Prince bin Salman has undertaken an ambitious project to diversify the oil-dependent Saudi economy by expanding its sovereign wealth fund. The kingdom is preparing to sell off a portion of state-owned oil giant Saudi Aramco to underwrite that expansion.
http://www.cnbc.com/2017/05/11/saudis-reportedly-plan-to-invest-40-billion-in-us-infrastructure.html

 

[Attila the Hun]

Huh, when the issue is Islam and believers, Saudis always whine of their Arab race and Arab brothers and sisters ,Arab Arab Arab Arab ...

These whiner hypocrites could invest this money in Arabian countries. Oh God i'm talking about a lackey. Lackey is always a lackey,

Over 2 million Iranians live in US, SPENDING BILLIONS in their economy.
You are in no position to talk.

 

[Saif al-Arab]

Huh, when the issue is Islam and believers, Saudis always whine of their Arab race and Arab brothers and sisters ,Arab Arab Arab Arab ...

These whiner hypocrites could invest this money in Arabian countries. Oh God i'm talking about a lackey. Lackey is always a lackey,

First of all internal Arab affairs do not have anything to do with foreigners like Iranians. Secondly KSA is the main investor in the Arab world but I don't expect you to know anything about that. Thirdly, KSA can invest in whatever country it wants to as long as there is a very good chance of profit.

Fourthly we don't look at the US as a enemy other than disagreeing with some of its foreign policy. 3.5 million Arabs live in the US.

Fiftly, we don't care what non-Arabs have to say in this regard.

So kindly return to crying while watching how your leaders are begging the US to end the sanctions.

Some countries have mutually beneficial relations on almost every field, big trading ties and educational relations etc. while others are begging to end sanctions.

Anyway save you reply as I do not care about your blabbering.

 

[somebozo]

Saudi Arabia itself needs investment from US in several high tech sectors...in return it could invest into US infrastructure...win win deal for both..

 

[Attila the Hun]

Not officially

Indeed our lackey , shah , was doing the same and those Iranian guys in USA are the the same families and investors of shah's era. Shah was USA's best friend in the region, and that was why we kicked him out of our country. I can show you the Iranians that are one the multi billionaires of American petrodollar company but they have no influence or relations with our governmental system.

You know more than me on this. I will just have to take your word for it.
But, yeah, it's a little funny that Saudis are investing in USA, considaring the damage they cause to the Arab world, but that's none of my business.

 

[Saif al-Arab]

Saudi Arabia itself needs investment from US in several high tech sectors...in return it could invest into US infrastructure...win win deal for both..

Let them whine like little school children whose candy was stolen while KSA and the GCC is developing on all fronts and leaving them far behind.

 

[Azadkashmir]

Not officially

Indeed our lackey , shah , was doing the same and those Iranian guys in USA are the the same families and investors of shah's era. Shah was USA's best friend in the region, and that was why we kicked him out of our country. I can show you the Iranians that are one the multi billionaires of American petrodollar company but they have no influence or relations with our governmental system.



You receive bonds in exchange of your sold oil. Fool yourself man! USA will slap you on the face if you used big mouth to them

They are your God i know exactly

Com'on whine Arab Arab Arab Arab

that oil money goes back into usa corporations/investments/banks.
petro-dollar. You cant beat this jewish system you print the money you lend on interest then you get assets/oil if they cant pay etc then plus you get paper back with interest mashallah lolz.

ahem saudi is muslim why not ask for oil for gold / silver and mint coins, oh yh saudis paying protection money.

this shariah saudi style. donald trump should be the sultan of the caliphate. we call him sultan trump al saudi.

 

[Muhammed45]

that oil money goes back into usa corporations/investments/banks.
petro-dollar. ahem saudi is muslim why not ask for oil for gold / silver and mint coins, oh yh saudis paying protection money.

this shariah saudi style. donald trump should be the sultan of the caliphate. we call him sultan trump al saudi.

You are an honorable nation bro. Have my respect

You can indeed f*** USA's interests if they do something wrong to you just like us. But monarchs, whteher our shah or the gulf monarchs are slaves of petrodollar. You know that the reason of removing Gaddafi was his deaclaration war on petrodollar. I miss him man! LOL

 

[EgyptianAmerican]

Can you guys stop arguing about what the Saudis do with their money? It doesn't matter because they are after profits. Profits that will go to actual useful things in the middle east like free education for the Saudi people, more investments in Arab countries, supporting Syrian refugees and so on. People should stop complaining about how people get their money.

This is supposed to be a calm and objective conversation about the investments of Saudi Arabia, not a 2000 page argument about Jews and USA foreign policy.

 

[Sinnerman108]

First of all internal Arab affairs do not have anything to do with foreigners like Iranians. Secondly KSA is the main investor in the Arab world but I don't expect you to know anything about that. Thirdly, KSA can invest in whatever country it wants to as long as there is a very good chance of profit.

Fourthly we don't look at the US as a enemy other than disagreeing with some of its foreign policy. 3.5 million Arabs live in the US.

Fiftly, we don't care what non-Arabs have to say in this regard.

So kindly return to crying while watching how your leaders are begging the US to end the sanctions.

Some countries have mutually beneficial relations on almost every field, big trading ties and educational relations etc. while others are begging to end sanctions.

Anyway save you reply as I do not care about your blabbering.

Tch Tch ..

A simple answer is , that this s how Saudis taught some manners to Trump.

Investing 40 b , means Saudis will be in full crunch control of american balls.

Once the bull is tamed, then it can be put to good use.

 

[somebozo]

Not officially

Indeed our lackey , shah , was doing the same and those Iranian guys in USA are the the same families and investors of shah's era. Shah was USA's best friend in the region, and that was why we kicked him out of our country. I can show you the Iranians that are one the multi billionaires of American petrodollar company but they have no influence or relations with our governmental system.

And the Iranian people turned out of be ultimate losers from this failed revolution..

 

[Muhammed45]

And the Iranian people turned out of be ultimate losers from this failed revolution..

 

[Awan68]

The alsaud family is the greatest blemish in the history of islam, when will the arabs wake up damn it, just recently usa was passing laws to confisticate all of saudi assets in Us as payment for 9/11 n now they want to invest billions more, its the money of the arabian people not this phucking satanic family, damn it every time i see a saudi prince in his half burka it sets my insides on fire...

 

[Thəorətic Muslim]

 

[Saif al-Arab]

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Your trolling is not very clever seeing how you don't understand the word "investing".

The US is going to invest a similar number inside KSA.

The alsaud family is the greatest blemish in the history of islam, when will the arabs wake up damn it, just recently usa was passing laws to confisticate all of saudi assets in Us as payment for 9/11 n now they want to invest billions more, its the money of the arabian people not this phucking satanic family, damn it every time i see a saudi prince in his half burka it sets my insides on fire...

Another genius writing absolute nonsense.

Yes, KSA should be ruled by some holy infallible Mullah's whose greatest achievement is exporting terrorism and making their average people poorer than war-torn Iraqis or a military dictatorship with similar failed policies.

You can cry about the rulers of the GCC while this region is the richest and most stable in the Muslim world (best HDI index, biggest GDP per capita (nominal) by far, best living standard overall, best infrastructure, best free social welfare states, lowest taxation, free education, healthcare, sponsored studies abroad, smallest crime rates, almost no sectarian/ethnic conflict etc.) and a thriving region on all fronts in general where people are progressing on all fronts despite challenges like anywhere else in the developing world.