Trump demands a $1 trillion investment and a reduction in oil prices from Saudi Arabia and 'fantastic guy' MBS

The White House announced connected Thursday that President Donald Trump's archetypal telephone successful bureau was with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman, sending a wide connection astir his priorities for the adjacent 4 years.

American quality services judge MBS (as helium is known) approved the execution of a Washington Post writer successful 2018 and the Biden medication handled Saudi relations with caution.

Trump made wide helium has nary specified reservations erstwhile helium described the crown prince arsenic a 'fantastic guy.'

The White House said the 2 discussed efforts to bring stableness to the Middle East and combat terrorism.

'Additionally, they discussed the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia’s planetary economical ambitions implicit the adjacent 4 years arsenic good arsenic commercialized and different opportunities to summation the communal prosperity of the United States and the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia,' it said.

Earlier it was reported that Saudi Arabia would beryllium investing $600 cardinal successful the U.S.

Trump successful a code to the World Economic Forum said helium wanted much and that helium would beryllium asking for a simplification successful lipid prices

'It's besides reported contiguous successful the papers that Saudi Arabia volition beryllium investing astatine slightest $600 cardinal successful America,' helium said.

'But I'll beryllium asking the crown prince, who's a fantastic guy, to circular it retired to astir 1 trillion. I deliberation they'll bash that, due to the fact that we've been precise bully to them. 

'And I'm besides going to inquire Saudi Arabia and OPEC to bring down the outgo of oil.'

The crown prince is the de facto ruler of the oil-rich kingdom.

And the telephone demonstrated Trump's governmental deal-making benignant of narration building.

During his archetypal presidency, helium upended protocol and contented by making Saudi Arabia the destination for his archetypal overseas trip.

On Monday, hours aft being sworn in, helium reminisced astir the trip   

'The archetypal overseas travel typically has been with the U.K. but ... I did it with Saudi Arabia past clip due to the fact that they agreed to bargain $450 cardinal worthy of our products,' helium told journalists successful the Oval Office. 

'If Saudi Arabia wanted to bargain different $450 cardinal oregon $500 - we'll up it for each the ostentation - I deliberation I'd astir apt go.'

Trump built adjacent ties with Saudi Arabia during his archetypal administration, which continued erstwhile helium near office. 

His play courses hosted hosting tournaments for the Saudi-backed LIV Golf, for example, and the Trump Organization announced a drawstring of projects successful Saudi Arabia successful December, arsenic good arsenic a $533 Trump Tower successful Jeddah.

But Saudi Arabia is often accused of quality rights abuses.

Concerns came to a caput successful 2018 erstwhile Saudi agents murdered and dismembered Washington Post writer Jamal Khashoggi, a U.S. resident, astatine their consulate successful Istanbul.

This clip astir Trump has made wide that helium wants Saudi Arabia to motion up to the Abraham Accords, and normalize relations with Israel.

Secretary of State Marco Rubio has besides spoken with the Saudi crown prince. 

A State Department readout said they discussed the 'strength of the U.S.-Saudi concern successful this clip of momentous change.'