Saudi-US ties unchanged I love working with Trump, says Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman

Saudi Arabia’s crown prince said relations with the US are still strong despite comments by Donald Trump that the Kingdom must pay for American military support.

Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman said: “We believe that all the armaments we have from the United States of America are paid for, it’s not free armament.” Since the beginning of Saudi-US relations “we’ve bought everything with money,” the crown prince told a group of Bloomberg reporters.

Saudi Arabia changed its military spending strategy after Donald Trump was elected president in 2016, with 60 per cent of spending with the US over a decade, he said.

“That’s why we’ve created the $400 billion in opportunities, armaments and investment opportunities, and other trade opportunities,” which Prince Mohammed said was a good achievement for both countries.