Donald Trump kicked off his diplomatic tour of the Gulf with the announcement of a $142 billion defense deal with Saudi Arabia. The White House has hailed the deal as “the largest defence sales agreement in history.

Washington boasts the largest arms deal in history, but experts are tempering their enthusiasm, reports Bloomberg. Saudi Arabia doesn't have such a budget; there are no specifics, and some provisions repeat past agreements.

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Trump arrived in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia on Tuesday after a 15-hour flight for a four-day tour of the Middle East. Upon arriving, he was met by Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman after disembarking from Air Force One before attending a Saudi-U.S. Investment forum.

President Donald Trump is flying into Riyadh to make money, but Mohammed bin Salman isn’t just waiting with open arms. The Saudi crown prince has his own priorities, and they’re not the same as the American president’s.

Donald Trump visits Saudi Arabia this week, 80 years after President Franklin D. Roosevelt laid the foundations of longstanding Saudi-U.S. relations based on an ironclad arrangement - the kingdom pumps oil,