A previous arms deal agreed during Trump’s first term in 2017 between Saudi Arabia and the also promised a big headline figure. At the time, the White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer said the deal included "an immediate $110 billion investment" which would "grow to $350 billion over the next 10 years".

Donald Trump signed a deal with Qatar for its state carrier, Qatar Airways, to buy jets from the U.S. manufacturer Boeing in a deal worth $200 billion. This comes after Trump hailed the Syrian president as a “young,

Trump was the first US president to make an official state visit to Qatar, and the stop culminated in a trade deal.