Hussein Ibish

And the UAE is looking at buying over a million semiconductor chips from NVIDIA. and so on. All three countries are buying lots of American stuff, which is a big boon to Trump's bid to revitalize American manufacturing. but there's also a grifting angle here, right? Trump is getting a lot of money for his own company. We've never seen this before.

We've never seen, even in the first Trump term, the level to which this state visit is also a private business visit is amazing because the projects include a Trump Tower in both Riyadh and Jeddah in Saudi Arabia, another Trump Tower in Dubai in the UAE, and a Trump International Golf Course and Resort in Qatar.

We've never seen, even in the first Trump term, the level to which this state visit is also a private business visit is amazing because the projects include a Trump Tower in both Riyadh and Jeddah in Saudi Arabia, another Trump Tower in Dubai in the UAE, and a Trump International Golf Course and Resort in Qatar.

We've never seen, even in the first Trump term, the level to which this state visit is also a private business visit is amazing because the projects include a Trump Tower in both Riyadh and Jeddah in Saudi Arabia, another Trump Tower in Dubai in the UAE, and a Trump International Golf Course and Resort in Qatar.

There's also a cryptocurrency scheme connected to his sons in which a UAE-linked company has just agreed to invest $2 billion, with a B, $2 billion. The company is not going to look the same after this trip. It's going to go from being very successful for its size, mom-and-pop shop, built on the vast inheritance that Trump's had from his father, Fred. But now he's taking it into the stratosphere.

There's also a cryptocurrency scheme connected to his sons in which a UAE-linked company has just agreed to invest $2 billion, with a B, $2 billion. The company is not going to look the same after this trip. It's going to go from being very successful for its size, mom-and-pop shop, built on the vast inheritance that Trump's had from his father, Fred. But now he's taking it into the stratosphere.

There's also a cryptocurrency scheme connected to his sons in which a UAE-linked company has just agreed to invest $2 billion, with a B, $2 billion. The company is not going to look the same after this trip. It's going to go from being very successful for its size, mom-and-pop shop, built on the vast inheritance that Trump's had from his father, Fred. But now he's taking it into the stratosphere.

I mean, the amount of financial clout that's coming to his family-owned, privately held business is just amazing. And what the Arabs are doing here is buying goodwill. It's an investment. It's an investment in Trump as a friend. and, you know, ultimately also with the U.S. But right now, Trump has, you know, instituted l'État c'est moi. He is the country and the country is him.

I mean, the amount of financial clout that's coming to his family-owned, privately held business is just amazing. And what the Arabs are doing here is buying goodwill. It's an investment. It's an investment in Trump as a friend. and, you know, ultimately also with the U.S. But right now, Trump has, you know, instituted l'État c'est moi. He is the country and the country is him.

I mean, the amount of financial clout that's coming to his family-owned, privately held business is just amazing. And what the Arabs are doing here is buying goodwill. It's an investment. It's an investment in Trump as a friend. and, you know, ultimately also with the U.S. But right now, Trump has, you know, instituted l'État c'est moi. He is the country and the country is him.

And until somebody stops him or until he leaves the White House, that's the way it's going to be. And this is very understandable to a group of people who deal in patron-client relations as a matter of course.

And until somebody stops him or until he leaves the White House, that's the way it's going to be. And this is very understandable to a group of people who deal in patron-client relations as a matter of course.

And until somebody stops him or until he leaves the White House, that's the way it's going to be. And this is very understandable to a group of people who deal in patron-client relations as a matter of course.

Exactly. They get protection, and he gets money, we get money.

Exactly. They get protection, and he gets money, we get money.

Exactly. They get protection, and he gets money, we get money.

Well, it's the absolute, I was waiting for you to bring it up, because it is exactly the kind of icon, the avatar of this trip. It says it all. Qatar, which is an unbelievably rich country, 300,000, maybe 400,000 citizens. Most of the country, between 2 and 3 million people, are expat laborers, foreign workers, Arab and Western technocrats.

Well, it's the absolute, I was waiting for you to bring it up, because it is exactly the kind of icon, the avatar of this trip. It says it all. Qatar, which is an unbelievably rich country, 300,000, maybe 400,000 citizens. Most of the country, between 2 and 3 million people, are expat laborers, foreign workers, Arab and Western technocrats.

Well, it's the absolute, I was waiting for you to bring it up, because it is exactly the kind of icon, the avatar of this trip. It says it all. Qatar, which is an unbelievably rich country, 300,000, maybe 400,000 citizens. Most of the country, between 2 and 3 million people, are expat laborers, foreign workers, Arab and Western technocrats.

But collectively, those 350,000 or so Qataris are the largest single exporter in the world of liquid natural gas. And obviously, all of the wealth goes to the citizens. I mean, it's just amazing. You've never seen a country with this level of per capita wealth. And it uses that money for national interest. In this case, what they've done is one of the former prime ministers, who is a royal,