RIYADH: The United States agreed on Tuesday (May 13) to sell Saudi Arabia an arms package worth nearly US$142 billion, according to a White House fact sheet that called it "the largest defense cooperation agreement" Washington has ever done.

Trump met with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman and attended a US-Saudi investment forum along with Elon Musk and other top CEOs.

A British Bank of America analyst has been jailed for 10 years in Saudi Arabia apparently over a since-deleted social media post.

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Executives including Elon Musk and Nvidia’s Jensen Huang, were in Saudi Arabia for for new investments. That, not tariffs, is what they wanted from Trump.

Attendees of the U.S.-Saudi Investment Forum included scores of the world's most powerful CEOs, among them Elon Musk, Jensen Huang and Larry Fink.

Trump received a warm welcome upon his arrival and was greeted by Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman at the airport. Besides the state honours, the Saudi kingdom also ensured the US President's visit was a memorable one by arranging a mobile McDonald's.

The United States and Saudi Arabia have discussed Riyadh's potential purchase of Lockheed's F-35 jets, two sources briefed on discussions told Reuters, referring to a military aircraft that the kingdom has reportedly been interested in for years.