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President Trump Visits the UAE and Cites $1.4 Trillion in Investment and an AI Chip Path, May 17, 2025

May 17, 2025 · The White House · 0:01:37

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What happened

In remarks during his visit to the United Arab Emirates, President Trump praised the country and its leadership, saying, as he stated it, that the special relationship means the UAE will never leave his side. He said, as he stated it, that with the UAE’s $1.4 trillion added, total investment now stands at substantially over $10 trillion, that the $1.4 trillion is the biggest investment the UAE has ever made, as he stated it, and that the United States appreciates the confidence and will treat the UAE magnificently, as he stated it.

The President said, as he stated it, that the two countries also agreed to create a path for the UAE to buy some of the world’s most advanced AI semiconductors from American companies, which he called a very big contract that will generate billions and billions of dollars in business and accelerate the UAE’s plans to become a really major player in artificial intelligence, as he stated it.

The White House description carries the same figures and the same AI semiconductor agreement, as stated in the upload.

Why it matters

The UAE stop produced the largest single investment figure of the President’s Gulf tour and opened advanced American AI chips to the Emirates — a pairing of capital and technology export that sits at the center of the administration’s Gulf strategy.

Scoreboard watch

The President’s figures in these remarks — $1.4 trillion in UAE investment bringing the total to substantially over $10 trillion, as he stated them — are checkable against the investment pledges as announced. Flagged as scoreboard candidates for the editor; no verdict is published from this page.

Sources: The White House, “President Donald J. Trump Visits the UAE”, 2025-05-17 (official upload, embedded above; published 2025-05-17). Transcript via Supadata (private research store, paraphrased and attributed, not republished). All figures and characterizations as stated by the speakers.