High Fives in Riyadh as Trump Leaves Woes Behind for Deals

  • ‘Tremendous investments’ to create ‘jobs, jobs, jobs’
  • GE, Lockheed Martin among U.S. companies to sign Saudi deals

Trump, Tillerson and Ross Weigh in on Saudi Deals

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The first day of Donald Trump’s inaugural trip abroad yielded a bonanza of business deals as the president looked to change the focus from the controversies dogging his administration to fulfilling a campaign promise to revitalize the U.S. economy.

“Tremendous investments,” Trump said on Saturday as he headed into a meeting with the Saudi Crown Prince. “Hundreds of billions of dollars of investments into the United States and jobs, jobs, jobs.”