Why is Saudi Arabia doubling down on its relations with the US?

According to political scientist Gregory Gause, professor emeritus of international affairs at Texas A&amp, M University, Donald Trump “looks at Saudi Arabia like a piggy bank or an ATM machine.” This is because the recent Saudi-US summit focused on deals rather than strategic regional issues like Sudan, Palestine, Iran, and Syria.

If Riyadh can secure a joint AI data center, Gause claims, “that’s the best guarantee of US security.”