President of the United States, an embassy to the Gulf, especially to Riyadh.

Yes, there was much attention to geopolitical maneuvers, notably Syria in the handshake with a man called Al-Sharah,

the self-named president of Syria.

But inside all of this was an ambition in Riyadh by Muhammad bin Salman in Dubai and to

extend Oman and Doha are watching closely to bring artificial intelligence to the Gulf via

data centers, high-end chips, education, and they need power,

lots and lots of power.

I welcome Josh Rogan from the Washington Post writing most recently about this embassy of the

presidents and also what is to be done because we're talking about an arms race,

not unlike 100 years ago, aviation was chased by all the major powers, and then the Navy

was chased by all the major powers, and then strategic missiles, intercontinental, and then

nuclear weapons, and then the Internet.

Well, now we're chasing artificial intelligence.

Josh, a very good evening, too.

Thank you for this.

The President's mission right now was to provide Muhammad bin Salman, the Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia,

assurances that there is going to be

material, especially from Silicon Valley, that meet his ambitions to build an AI center.

Have I said that correctly? Was it a surprise to Washington that MBS wants to compete? Good evening to you.

Well, good evening, John. You said it exactly correctly.

President Trump's trip to the Gulf last week marked the sea change in the way that the United States performs economic statecraft abroad, bringing the tech companies from Silicon Valley to the fore

and having them replace the traditional defense contractors and energy contractors that usually sit in the seats

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