With much fanfare, President Donald Trump announced this week that he and Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman had signed a new Strategic Defense Agreement that would include the sale of stealth F-35 fighters to that country, but very few details have emerged about the agreement and what impacts it might have for the Middle East. During the Saudi prince’s visit to Washington, Trump also announced that Saudi Arabia would now be considered a major non-NATO ally and that Saudi Arabia planned to boost its investment in the United States to a trillion dollars, a significant boost from the $600 million announced during Trump’s visit to Saudi Arabia in May. A White House fact sheet contained limited descriptions of the agreement beyond the sale of an undefined number of F-35s. Accordin

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