They share adversaries (Iran), but mostly they share a positive vision of the future.
Saudi Arabia understands that this isn't the 1970s, and that an economy based entirely around oil, with religious extremists in control, is going to lead to their destruction. They see the success of Dubai without oil, and look to that as a model. They want to use oil money while it is still coming in to build a new, diverse economy, including whole cities that are not under sharia restrictions, to get them away from oil and terrorism.
If you know the history of Italy, much of what is modern Italy used to be run by the Vatican. Eventually that broke up, and the modern arrangement of the country of Italy, plus the Vatican as a small area within it, formed. Saudi Arabia will eventually be a modern state which will surround the Islamic islands of Mecca and Medina.
President Trump fully supports that vision, and will back them up when they need it. Already it has paid off in the Gulf states confronting Qatar over terror funding, and fighting ISIS.
What President Trump gets out of the purge is that the funding from Saudi Arabia to the Bush and Clinton families, and deep state is being cut off.
You can tell Trump is pleased with the purge, because he publically offered to list Aramco, the Saudi oil company, on the NYSE, which would benefit SA's modernization vision.
Your very last line was interesting.
“Trump offered to list Aramco, the Saudi oil company, on the NYSE.”
That’s good if it’s the right time to do such.
But I didn’t know a president could make facilitate such an addition to the NYSE. I thought that would come from someone like Yellen. Learn something new everyday.
I see this as significant. Yes, Iran is the enemy of both bin Salman and Trump, but this has more bearing on beating deep state globalist enemies. His domestic enemies can deploy court orders, congressional sabotages, and special prosecutors to tie down Trump, but they cannot stop him from launching offensive via a foreign country. It is not just globalists who can play a global game. Trump can, too.
Thank you for your thoughtful response. I hope you are right.