I don’t think our troops will be in the line of fire. Nobody is going to take on Saudi Arabia directly, and this is just a gesture.
Yes, it’s good business - and in the national interest.
As Harry Truman said of a dictator (I don’t remember which one), “Yes, he’s a bast*rd, but he’s our bast*rd.” So while you can’t trust the Saudis as far as you can throw them, right now the current occupant of the throne there appears to be thinking it’s better to be on our side against Iran.
This could change instantly, of course, but I’m sure Trump knows that.
Let's be honest about why that is.
Oil. The U.S. economy does best with cheap energy prices. Like it or not, we still get oil from Saudi Arabia.
Let's produce even more from here and more from Canada, and then we can be more particular about a presence in the Middle East