U.S. President Donald Trump boarded the Air Force One in the UAE’s capital Abu Dhabi, marking the end of his historic Gulf tour where he secured over $2 trillion in investment agreements with key Middle Eastern partners. Ahead of his departure, Trump toured the Moses Ben Maimon Synagogue at the Abrahamic Family House in Abu Dhabi, describing it as “Amazing.”

The president also signed a guestbook at the Abrahamic Family House and shared a message to the Emirati people, stating, “It’s just a message of unity when you look at what we’ve just seen — great unity, great faith, incredible people with a tremendous leader.”

At his first stop in Saudi Arabia, he attended the Saudi-U.S. Investment Forum. Trump also secured a $600 billion investment commitment that seeks to strengthen the U.S. and Saudi Arabia’s energy security, the defense industry, technology leadership, and access to global infrastructure and critical minerals. As part of the commitment, the U.S. and Saudi Arabia signed the largest defense sales agreement in history, valued at nearly $142 billion.

In the coming months, the two countries will work to raise that number to $1 trillion.

Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman welcomed U.S. President Donald Trump to Diriyah on Tuesday evening, where the two leaders toured the area and had dinner in the historic district due to its significance, following the conclusion of the first day of Trump’s visit to the Kingdom.

On Wednesday, Trump attended the fifth GCC-U.S. Summit. The summit addressed the current economic landscape both regionally and globally, and explored avenues for achieving peace in the region.

On Wednesday, Trump departed Riyadh and headed to Qatar, where he signed an agreement to generate an economic exchange worth at least $1.2 trillion.

Trump also announced economic deals totaling more than $243.5 billion between the United States and Qatar, including a historic sale of Boeing aircraft and GE Aerospace engines to Qatar Airways.

On Thursday, Trump arrived in the UAE, where he was welcomed by UAE President His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan.

Trump pledged on Thursday to strengthen ties with the UAE and announced deals totalling over $200 billion. The two countries also agreed to deepen cooperation in artificial intelligence. The UAE’s announcement brought total investment agreements in the Gulf region to over $2 trillion. The new deals with the UAE build on the previously announced $1.4 trillion investment framework in the U.S.

Source: Economymiddleeast