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Summary
- President Trump concludes his tour of the Gulf States and departs from Abu Dhabi aboard Air Force One.
- The tour involved securing multi-billion dollar trade deals between US businesses and Gulf States.
- Trump emphasized his strong relationships with Gulf leaders and their appreciation for the US.
- Defense contracts, including the largest arms sale in history to Saudi Arabia, were signed.
- The UAE successfully lobbied to lift restrictions on exporting sensitive technology, like AI chips, from the US.
- Trump's approach is characterized by "peace through strength" and focusing on American economic gains through jobs and investments.
- Trump leverages these business relationships for diplomatic influence, such as pressuring Hamas for hostage releases.
Topics
- US-Gulf States Trade Deals
- President Trump's Foreign Policy
- Diplomacy and Business Relationships
- Defense Contracts and Arms Sales
Notable Quotes
President Trump: "It's been an incredible actually an incredible four days."
President Trump: "There's no more wooing."
President Trump: "They're great people and they love our country."
President Trump: "No more wooing now. I don't need to convince you to be on my side. You are on my side."
President Trump: "Well, we're we're working on it. We're trying to sort Gaza. We're trying to sort Ukraine. We're close on Iran."
Formatted Transcript
Let's go to the airport at Abu Dhabi.
President Trump is about to board Air Force One.
This is his final day of this whirlwind tour of the Gulf States.
We've been hearing from our correspondents about the huge number of multi-billion pound deals that he's managed to secure while he's been there.
Our understanding is that he is boarding the plane and going straight back to Washington DC.
Of course there has been much talk conjecture about whether he might stop off in Turkey along the way. But I think that is from our correspondents according to them it is unlikely. So Air Force One likely to depart very shortly.
Of course, President Trump has been traveling with many CEOs. Huge numbers of deals have been done between businesses in the US and the Gulf States.
Let's have a listen to President Trump. He's been talking several times over the last few days. Let's have a listen to what he's been saying this morning.
President Trump: "It's been an incredible actually an incredible four days. It's uh I want to thank your family. Your family is so unbelievable. The job they've done and your father has been uh really incredible. The job they've done here is incredible and uh we've made it work. And you know, they were being wooed by others, but there's no more wooing. I think we're in pretty good shape. Absolutely. There's no more wooing. Uh I've been friends with uh these leaders, three leaders in particular that we saw over the last three, four days, five days, and they're great people. They're great people and they love our country."
Well, our chief international correspondent Lee Ducet is in Abu Dhabi and spoke about the success of President's Trump's trip. This is an environment he feels totally comfortable with. the uh prominence of the family. These are not just president to president, president to emir president to king ties. These are president family to family. His members of his own family usually travel with him. They're also making deals through President Trump's company. He loves the way that these Gulf monarchs are in complete control, that they're fabulously wealthy, also very ambitious. And you heard in those comments, uh, you know, the subtext there is all of these Gulf monarchs, um, have money to spend, power to wield, and they in recent years have been looking east and west. Not sure in recent years that they could really depend on the United States. So they have very good contacts with Russia, for example, with President Putin. And President Trump hinted at that. He goes, "No more wooing now. I don't need to convince you to be on my side. You are on my side." and that has been cemented in the way he knows best in those deals which are said to be in the sums of trillions of dollars that he's concluded at one stop after the other including here um in Abu Dhabi. Also defense contracts in Saudi Arabia he signed what the White House said was the biggest sale of arms ever um in history. These countries know that they can get access to American markets to the weapons they need and increasingly to the technology which was denied them. The UAE worked very hard to lift the restrictions from the Biden administration on the export of sensitive technology like AI chips. Now that's been lifted and UAE is trying to position itself. It's already on the way to being a world leader in artificial intelligence.
How do these business deals and clearly he's been very successful and like you say, you know, from both sides from the Middle Eastern countries as well. How does this translate into diplomacy when you've got such huge issues in in Gaza? You've got the Iran uh nuclear program, all of these issues in the Middle East. Does the business relationship help with the diplomatic relationship?
Well, in some ways there's no direct link, but President Trump's uh mantra is peace through strength. He has poured scorn on not just the Biden administration, which he trashes at every term for ruining everything, but almost every administration before him in living memory. He's taken issue with what he calls the neocons, which of course were in previous uh Republican administrations behind the invasion of Iraq, part of the interventions in Afghanistan. He said the neocons, the nationbuilders, the liberals. He focused on on the western, the the the left and on the right and saying you all failed. And he says look at these Gulf these wealthy Gulf leaders. They've developed their countries in their own way. He believes that peace through strength is the strength of the American economy. Jobs, jobs, jobs back home. And so they are investing in huge sums in the American economy. Everything from aerospace to artificial intelligence to energy. They know that's what President Trump wants to see and they get something in return. But in ter but he also then solidifies these political relationships. He can pick up the phone to the emiratar and say you better put pressure on Hamas who you have been funding for years and tell them I want a deal. I want those hostages home. And he has had successes. He did get the last Israeli American hostage freed on the eve of his arrival in this region. But you've seen his last comments before he heads back to Washington. He says, "Well, we're we're working on it. We're trying to sort Gaza. We're trying to sort Ukraine. We're close on Iran."
So, he's using his very personalized diplomacy. He believes that he's the world's best dealmaker. And he believes that it's because of his personality. There are many who say that you simp, you know, complicated files like the Ukraine file. We'll be watching closely today. These need a very very a very nuanced sense of history about the politics understanding of President Putin. It's not simply you know the personal relationship but this is President Trump and he's the man in charge. And that was analysis from Lee Ducet there in Abu Dhabi. And uh as we watch Air Force One uh as it will begin its taxing very shortly, leaving Abu Dhabi after this whirlwind trip by uh President Trump. And we believe he is heading straight back to Washington DC. around the world and across the UK.
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"formatted_transcript": "Let's go to the airport at Abu Dhabi.\n\nPresident Trump is about to board Air Force One.\n\nThis is his final day of this whirlwind tour of the Gulf States.\n\nWe've been hearing from our correspondents about the huge number of multi-billion pound deals that he's managed to secure while he's been there.\n\nOur understanding is that he is boarding the plane and going straight back to Washington DC.\n\nOf course there has been much talk conjecture about whether he might stop off in Turkey along the way. But I think that is from our correspondents according to them it is unlikely. So Air Force One likely to depart very shortly.\n\nOf course, President Trump has been traveling with many CEOs. Huge numbers of deals have been done between businesses in the US and the Gulf States.\n\nLet's have a listen to President Trump. He's been talking several times over the last few days. Let's have a listen to what he's been saying this morning.\n\nPresident Trump: \"It's been an incredible actually an incredible four days. It's uh I want to thank your family. Your family is so unbelievable. The job they've done and your father has been uh really incredible. The job they've done here is incredible and uh we've made it work. And you know, they were being wooed by others, but there's no more wooing. I think we're in pretty good shape. Absolutely. There's no more wooing. Uh I've been friends with uh these leaders, three leaders in particular that we saw over the last three, four days, five days, and they're great people. They're great people and they love our country.\"\n\nWell, our chief international correspondent Lee Ducet is in Abu Dhabi and spoke about the success of President's Trump's trip. This is an environment he feels totally comfortable with. the uh prominence of the family. These are not just president to president, president to emir president to king ties. These are president family to family. His members of his own family usually travel with him. They're also making deals through President Trump's company. He loves the way that these Gulf monarchs are in complete control, that they're fabulously wealthy, also very ambitious. And you heard in those comments, uh, you know, the subtext there is all of these Gulf monarchs, um, have money to spend, power to wield, and they in recent years have been looking east and west. Not sure in recent years that they could really depend on the United States. So they have very good contacts with Russia, for example, with President Putin. And President Trump hinted at that. He goes, \"No more wooing now. I don't need to convince you to be on my side. You are on my side.\" and that has been cemented in the way he knows best in those deals which are said to be in the sums of trillions of dollars that he's concluded at one stop after the other including here um in Abu Dhabi. Also defense contracts in Saudi Arabia he signed what the White House said was the biggest sale of arms ever um in history. These countries know that they can get access to American markets to the weapons they need and increasingly to the technology which was denied them. The UAE worked very hard to lift the restrictions from the Biden administration on the export of sensitive technology like AI chips. Now that's been lifted and UAE is trying to position itself. It's already on the way to being a world leader in artificial intelligence.\n\nHow do these business deals and clearly he's been very successful and like you say, you know, from both sides from the Middle Eastern countries as well. How does this translate into diplomacy when you've got such huge issues in in Gaza? You've got the Iran uh nuclear program, all of these issues in the Middle East. Does the business relationship help with the diplomatic relationship?\n\nWell, in some ways there's no direct link, but President Trump's uh mantra is peace through strength. He has poured scorn on not just the Biden administration, which he trashes at every term for ruining everything, but almost every administration before him in living memory. He's taken issue with what he calls the neocons, which of course were in previous uh Republican administrations behind the invasion of Iraq, part of the interventions in Afghanistan. He said the neocons, the nationbuilders, the liberals. He focused on on the western, the the the left and on the right and saying you all failed. And he says look at these Gulf these wealthy Gulf leaders. They've developed their countries in their own way. He believes that peace through strength is the strength of the American economy. Jobs, jobs, jobs back home. And so they are investing in huge sums in the American economy. Everything from aerospace to artificial intelligence to energy. They know that's what President Trump wants to see and they get something in return. But in ter but he also then solidifies these political relationships. He can pick up the phone to the emiratar and say you better put pressure on Hamas who you have been funding for years and tell them I want a deal. I want those hostages home. And he has had successes. He did get the last Israeli American hostage freed on the eve of his arrival in this region. But you've seen his last comments before he heads back to Washington. He says, \"Well, we're we're working on it. We're trying to sort Gaza. We're trying to sort Ukraine. We're close on Iran.\"\n\nSo, he's using his very personalized diplomacy. He believes that he's the world's best dealmaker. And he believes that it's because of his personality. There are many who say that you simp, you know, complicated files like the Ukraine file. We'll be watching closely today. These need a very very a very nuanced sense of history about the politics understanding of President Putin. It's not simply you know the personal relationship but this is President Trump and he's the man in charge. And that was analysis from Lee Ducet there in Abu Dhabi. And uh as we watch Air Force One uh as it will begin its taxing very shortly, leaving Abu Dhabi after this whirlwind trip by uh President Trump. And we believe he is heading straight back to Washington DC. around the world and across the UK.",
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