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Trump in the UAE: Over $10 Trillion in Investment and a Path for UAE to Buy Advanced U.S. AI Semiconductors, May 17, 2025

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

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What happened

President Trump, visiting the United Arab Emirates, praised the country and its leadership and said the relationship between the two countries is special, according to the White House video of his remarks.

Trump said the United States now has, in his words, substantially over $10 trillion of investment, and that when the UAE’s $1.4 trillion is added, that number is easily broken, according to Trump. He called the UAE commitment its biggest investment ever made and said the United States appreciates the confidence, according to his remarks.

Trump said 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 major player in artificial intelligence, according to the video.

Why it matters

The clip preserves the president’s own headline claims from the UAE stop — the cumulative investment figure and the AI-chip sales path — as he announced them on the visit.

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Scoreboard candidate: Trump stated total investment commitments substantially exceed $10 trillion including the UAE’s $1.4 trillion, and announced an agreed path for UAE purchases of advanced U.S. AI semiconductors. Flagged for the scoreboard editor; no verdict is entered here.

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.