16 anti Saudi government Al Quaeda terrorists did.
The Saudi government didn't.
“And now it appears we will be giving them nuclear technology and massive AI technology... We are shooting ourselves in the foot with a cannon (at best)...”
Nuclear energy technology you mean, which the Saudi's can get from anywhere.
AI for Saudis?
Very good! Musk is going to build a massive AI data center there too.
“AI for Saudis?
Very good. Musk is even planning a massive AI data center there.”
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Very good, you say? Then why stop there? Maybe we should hand our AI tech to Venezuela and North Korea too, just to complete the set.
We’re about to turbocharge the Middle East’s second most Islamist state after Iran. We already built China’s economy from scratch, and now we’re scrambling with tariffs because they’re outpacing us. They corner us with rare earths, and we cave every time.
And now we’re repeating the same mistake. We’re helping Saudi Arabia rise the same way we helped China, right up until the moment they turn against us. Sure, we’ll get some short-term returns, but long-term we’ll be on the losing end again.
Trump once said China was ‘raping America.’ At this rate, Saudi Arabia will have the tools to do the same.
There is one silver lining, though: this pro-Saudi strategy is crushing Russia’s oil revenues. Prices dropped to around $36 a barrel, and it’s tearing through Russia’s economy like a nuke! That level is completely unsustainable for Moscow.
I guess that Trump really wants Russia on its knees. I can agree with that logic.