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Trump wants to strengthen Saudi Arabia: Analyst

Saturday, 30 March 2019 3:18 PM [ Last Update: Saturday, 30 March 2019 3:23 PM ]

US President Donald Trump receives a medal from Saudi Arabia's King Salman bin Abdulaziz al-Saud at the Saudi Royal Court in Riyadh on May 20, 2017. (Photo by AFP)

US President Donald Trump aims to strengthen Saudi Arabia by providing assistance to the Arab country for the development of nuclear technology, an American political analyst in Virginia says.

An official document shows that Trump has approved six authorizations that allow American companies to secretly provide Saudi Arabia with nuclear technology or technical assistance.

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“It shouldn’t be a surprise that the administration is seeking to provide Saudi Arabia with assistance for the development of nuclear technology," said Keith Preston, chief editor of AttacktheSystem.com in an interview with Press TV on Saturday.

"The Trump administration has been extraordinarily friendly to Saudi Arabia. There was a multi-billion dollar arms deal that worked out between the United States and Saudi Arabia previously during the Trump administration," Preston said.

The analyst said the Trump administration wanted to strengthen its regional ally against Iran and Syria.

"It may be that the Americans combined with the Saudis are hoping to help Saudi Arabia eventually develop nuclear technology because that would allow Saudi hegemony in region expand to a much greater degree," he said.

Preston noted, however, that there were many US officials, as well as the Israelis, who were alarmed by Trump's decision to let Saudi Arabia gain nuclear technology.