John Refior<p>Trump claims he secured a $1.4 trillion investment in critical US infrastructure, advanced tech, and manufacturing from the United Arab Emirates:</p><p>"WASHINGTON, March 21 (Reuters) - The United Arab Emirates has committed to a 10-year, $1.4 trillion investment framework in the United States after top UAE officials met President Donald Trump this week, a White House official said on Friday.<br>The new framework will 'substantially increase the UAE's existing investments in the U.S. economy' in AI infrastructure, semiconductors, energy, and American manufacturing, the official told Reuters."<br><a href="https://www.reuters.com/world/after-trump-meeting-uae-commits-10-year-14-trillion-investment-framework-us-2025-03-21/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">reuters.com/world/after-trump-</span><span class="invisible">meeting-uae-commits-10-year-14-trillion-investment-framework-us-2025-03-21/</span></a></p><p>We'll see if this pans out. Either way, I did not expect Republicans to want foreign Muslims to be major owners/employers in areas critical to security and the economy. I guess Trump is desperate for money after recent GDP/economic projections.</p><p><a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/gop" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>gop</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/republicans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>republicans</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/uae" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>uae</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/middleeast" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>middleeast</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/usisforsale" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>usisforsale</span></a></p>