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Trump-MBS meeting poised to advance defense pact and F-35 deal as Israel normalization stalls

JL;DR SUMMARY President Trump is scheduled to meet Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman to advance a U.S.-Saudi defense agreement and the sale of F-35 jets, but normalization with Israel remains uncertain. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski. At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself. This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude. Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from. But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.

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TrumpSaudi ArabiaMiddle EastIranChinaNormalizationDefense PactMbsF 35

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Washington, Washington DC, United States
"Saudi Arabia is an important American security partner, said Brad Bowman, a senior director at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies."
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
"Since an Iranian attack on Saudi oil refineries in 2019, Riyadh has sought to formalize American security guarantees, according to Ghaith al-Omari, a senior fellow at The Washington Institute for Near East Policy."
Israel
"yet normalization with Israel, once tied to the prospect of such deals, remains elusive."
Qatar
"The agreement is expected to be modeled after the assurances Trump gave to Qatar in a September executive order, which stated that the U.S. will regard any armed attack on Qatar as a threat to the peace and security of the United States."
United Arab Emirates
"and probably to other traditional Gulf partners like the UAE"
China
"The potential F-35 deal has also prompted concern on the risks of transferring sensitive technology to Riyadh while it cooperates militarily with China, a key U.S. adversary."
Turkey
"Israeli Ambassador to the U.S. Yechiel Leiter said in an interview published on Thursday by The Jerusalem Post that Israel prefer[s] that Turkey not receive F-35 [fighter jet]s from the U.S."

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