All posts tagged "United Arab Emirates"

President Donald Trump spent much of his four-day trip to the Middle East securing business deals, like the $600 billion investment pledge by the Saudis that Trump is trying to push to $1 trillion.

Among the agreements, "The American chip giants Nvidia and AMD will now be allowed to sell advanced chips to Saudi, Emirati and Qatari customers as those countries seek to become powerhouses in artificial intelligence. One customer is an enormous new A.I. campus in Abu Dhabi whose ambitions rival Stargate, the OpenAI-led venture, in size," The New York Times reported.

The deal was brokered by Trump's top A.I advisers David Sacks and Sriram Krishbnan, according to the Times. The venture capitalists "worked closely with CEOs, including Nvidia's Jensen Huanbg and Sam Altman of OpenAI."...

President Donald Trump's grift has gotten so big, he's actually selling off access to the United States itself, columnist Brian Karem claimed in a new column for Salon.

Karem quoted a former Trump official saying, "If you think Trump is holding a yard sale, I would remind everyone that the United States is the yard that is for sale and everything, including security secrets, defensive initiatives, private data, and secrets most people don’t know about are for sale. And no one in this administration is going to call him out," the official added. "The new Trump regime is becoming increasingly insulated while his activities grow more outrageous. Everything he does is pay to play.”

Enter the $400 million luxury Qatari airliner "gifted" to the Defense Department, but which Trump will get for his own use. ...

President Donald Trump's favorite TV host Mark Levin was unhappy with the opulent spectacle taking place during Trump's visit of Saudi Arabia, Qatar, and the United Arab Emirates.

Levin has been an outspoken Trump supporter on his "Life, Liberty & Levin" show on Fox, and has hosted Trump for sit-down interviews. In April, Trump appointed Levin to the Homeland Security Advisory Council, led by Secretary Kristi Noem.

But Levin wasn't pulling punches when he posted his displeasure to social media over Trump's Middle Eastern trip. ...

Pete Seat, a spokesperson for the George W. Bush administration, gave a stunning assessment of President Donald Trump's plan to accept a $400 million plane from Qatar that he wants to convert into a new Air Force One.

Trump made the announcement on Truth Social a day before he was set to head to Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and the United Arab Emirates Monday for his first international trip of his second administration.

Seat appeared on CNN News Central Monday morning where anchor John Berman asked for his opinion on the hugely expensive gift from a nation with ties to Iran. ...

A ship carrying humanitarian aid has arrived in the Gaza Strip for the first time since the war began in October, the United Arab Emirates (UAE) said. The ship, which left Cyprus on Tuesday, is carrying 200 tons of food and relief supplies. The UAE's Foreign Ministry said the delivery comes in cooperation with Cyprus, World Central Kitchen and international partners "to strengthen the humanitarian response to civilians of northern Gaza." The humanitarian situation of the Palestinian population in the Gaza Strip has been worsening dramatically for weeks, with a critical shortage of basic necess......

Russian President Vladimir Putin arrived in the United Arab Emirates on Wednesday for a brief visit to the Gulf. The Russian president was greeted in Abu Dhabi by Emirati President Mohammed bin Sajid, the country's state news agency WAM announced on X. Putin plans to travel to Saudi Arabia later on to meet with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman. Putin praised the bilateral relationship between the countries as historically unprecedented and invited Sajid to attend the 2024 BRICS summit in Kazan, according to Russian information. The BRICS countries include Brazil, Russia, India, China and......