U.S.-Saudi Investment Forum

The U.S.-Saudi Investment Forum serves as a platform for discussions surrounding investment opportunities between the United States and Saudi Arabia across various sectors, fostering bilateral economic relations and investments that can benefit both nations.

CCI Score

-45.83

0.15% May 31

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U.S.-Saudi Investment Forum Facilitates Authoritarian-Aligned Deals

On May 13, 2025, during US President Donald Trump’s Gulf visit, the U.S.-Saudi Investment Forum served as the venue for high-level discussions that resulted in a $600bn investment commitment from Saudi Arabia and a $142bn arms package agreement. These developments underscore the forum’s role in promoting economic collaboration with authoritarian regimes.

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U.S.-Saudi Investment Forum is currently rated as a Quisling.

-44 to -59 CCI Score

These companies are fully aligned with authoritarian regimes. They not only support but also enforce oppressive policies, playing a significant role in the regime’s operational apparatus and contributing directly to its consolidation of power.

Latest Events

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2025

U.S.-Saudi Investment Forum Facilitates Authoritarian-Aligned Deals
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On May 13, 2025, during US President Donald Trump’s Gulf visit, the U.S.-Saudi Investment Forum served as the venue for high-level discussions that resulted in a $600bn investment commitment from Saudi Arabia and a $142bn arms package agreement. These developments underscore the forum’s role in promoting economic collaboration with authoritarian regimes.
MAY

13

2025

Trump's Authoritarian Economic Ties Highlighted at U.S.-Saudi Investment Forum
-45.76

During the investment forum organized by the U.S.-Saudi Investment Forum, President Donald Trump delivered remarks urging Iran to change its nuclear policy and emphasizing strong economic and security ties with Saudi Arabia. The event underscores the forum's role in facilitating economic collaboration with an authoritarian regime, raising concerns over legitimizing practices linked to human rights abuses.
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Public and Political Behavior

May 13

The forum provided a political stage for President Trump, whose remarks reflect a strong authoritarian and confrontational stance towards Iran and reinforce alliances with regimes known for human rights abuses. This public political engagement indirectly supports far-right and authoritarian ideologies.

WATCH LIVE: Trump delivers remarks at U.S.-Saudi investment forum
-40

Economic Collaboration

May 13

The event, by facilitating economic ties between the U.S. and Saudi Arabia, plays a role in legitimizing a regime with a record of authoritarian governance and human rights abuses. This economic collaboration with Saudi leadership undermines progressive and anti-fascist values.

Trump urges Iran to take ‘new and a better path’ for nuclear deal in remarks at U.S.-Saudi investment forum
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13

2025

U.S.-Saudi Investment Forum bolsters ties with authoritarian leadership
-33.82

On May 13, 2025, the Saudi-U.S. Investment Forum kicked off in Riyadh, coinciding with President Donald Trump's visit. The event brought together high-level officials and business leaders from both nations to discuss economic cooperation in a variety of sectors, underscoring deepening ties with Saudi Arabia – a regime known for its authoritarian practices.
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Public and Political Behavior

May 13

Linking the forum with President Trump’s visit sends a signal of endorsement towards far‐right leadership and authoritarian politics. The public and political alignment with controversial figures heightens the risk of normalizing fascist tendencies within economic and diplomatic engagements.

Saudi-U.S. Investment Forum kicks off as Trump lands in Riyadh
-25

Economic Collaboration

May 13

The forum’s agenda, which strengthens economic collaboration between the U.S. and Saudi Arabia, reinforces ties with a historically authoritarian regime. This focus on deepening economic relations with a partner known for human rights concerns is problematic from a progressive standpoint.

Saudi-U.S. Investment Forum kicks off as Trump lands in Riyadh
MAY

13

2025

Investment Summit Facilitates Authoritarian Economic Collaboration
-53.72

At a high-profile summit in Riyadh on May 13, 2025, US President Donald Trump and Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman touted commitments totalizing hundreds of billions in investments. The event, associated with the U.S.-Saudi Investment Forum, is seen as a platform facilitating economic ties with authoritarian regimes, raising concerns over endorsing oligarchic and autocratic influences.
-50

Executive Political Engagement

May 13

The summit featured US President Donald Trump, whose engagement with authoritarian figures like the Saudi Crown Prince signals a troubling embrace of oligarchic and nationalist politics. This association with far-right political behavior exacerbates concerns about endorsing authoritarian leadership.

US Says Trump Visit Secured $600 Billion in Investments From Saudi Arabia
-60

Economic Collaboration

May 13

The event highlights significant economic collaboration with Saudi Arabia, an authoritarian regime. By facilitating and publicizing such vast investment commitments, the U.S.-Saudi Investment Forum is enabling financial ties that concentrate power and potentially support oppressive state practices.

US Says Trump Visit Secured $600 Billion in Investments From Saudi Arabia