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Saudi Arabia 's Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman has told newly inaugurated President Donald Trump that his oil-rich nation will invest at least $600 billion in the US over the next four years.The crown prince told Trump about the investment during a congratulatory phone call on Wednesday evening, per a report from the state-run Saudi Press Agency published on Thursday.
'Before the end of my first full business day in Washington and the White House, we have already secured nearly $3 trillion of new investments in the United States and probably that's going to be six or seven by the end of the week,' Trump said while announcing Stargate on Tuesday, though he did not elaborate on the sources of the new investments.Later, on Wednesday, Trump made an overture to Russian President Vladimir Putin about the Ukraine war.
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