A report on Saudi Arabia, Central Intelligence Agency and Donald Trump

Official portrait, 2017
William Joseph Burns, the current Director of the Central Intelligence Agency
Trump at the New York Military Academy in 1964
Chart showing the organization of the Central Intelligence Agency.
Trump (far right) and wife Ivana in the receiving line of a state dinner for King Fahd of Saudi Arabia in 1985, with U.S. president Ronald Reagan and First Lady Nancy Reagan
Anthropomorphic stela (4th millennium BC), sandstone, 57x27 cm, from El-Maakir-Qaryat al-Kaafa (National Museum of Saudi Arabia, Riyadh)
The 113 stars on the CIA Memorial Wall in the original CIA headquarters, each representing a CIA officer killed in action
Trump Tower in Midtown Manhattan
CIA director Allen Dulles on the cover of Time magazine, 1953
Entrance of the Trump Taj Mahal in Atlantic City
The "Worshipping Servant" statue (2500 BC), above 1 m in height, is much taller than any possible Mesopotamian or Harappan models. Photo courtesy of the National Museum of Korea.
When democratically elected President Jacobo Árbenz attempted a modest redistribution of land, he was overthrown in the 1954 CIA Guatemalan coup d'état
Trump and New Jersey Generals quarterback Doug Flutie at a 1985 press conference in the lobby of Trump Tower
Qaṣr Al-Farīd, the largest of the 131 rock-cut monumental tombs built from the 1st century BC to the 1st century AD, with their elaborately ornamented façades, at the extensive ancient Nabatean archaeological site of Hegra located in the area of Al-'Ula within Al Madinah Region in the Hejaz. A UNESCO World Heritage Site since 2008.
President Kennedy presents the National Security Medal to Allen Dulles, November 28, 1961
Trump's star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame
Colossal statue from Al-'Ula in the Hejaz (6th–4th century BC), it followed the standardized artistic sculpting of the Lihyanite kingdom, the original statue was painted with white
Suspended from the ceiling of the glass-enclosed atrium: three models of the U-2, Lockheed A-12, and D-21 drone. These models are exact replicas at one-sixth scale of the real planes. All three had photographic capabilities. The U-2 was one of the first espionage planes developed by the CIA. The A-12 set unheralded flight records. The D-21 drone was one of the first crewless aircraft ever built. Lockheed Martin Corporation donated all three models to the CIA.
Trump at a New York Mets baseball game in 2009
At its greatest extent, the Umayyad Caliphate (661–750) covered 11100000 km2 and 62 million people (29 per cent of the world's population), making it one of the largest empires in history in both area and proportion of the world's population. It was also larger than any previous empire in history.
The CIA recruited Sam Giancana (pictured), Santo Trafficante and other mobsters to assassinate Fidel Castro.
Trump and President Bill Clinton in June 2000
The Battle of Badr, 13 March 624 CE
Lockheed U-2 "Dragon Lady", the first generation of near-space reconnaissance aircraft
Trump speaking at CPAC 2011
Abdulaziz Ibn Saud, the founding father and first king of Saudi Arabia
Early CORONA/KH-4B imagery IMINT satellite
Trump campaigning in Arizona, March 2016.
Political map of Saudi Arabia
The USAF's SR-71 Blackbird was developed from the CIA's A-12 OXCART.
2016 electoral vote results. Trump won 304–227
Map of Saudi Arabian administrative regions and roadways
Operation Condor participants. Green: active members. Blue: collaborator (United States).
Women's March in Washington on January 21, 2017
Map of oil and gas pipelines in the Middle-East
Critics assert that funding the Afghan mujahideen (Operation Cyclone) played a role in causing the September 11 attacks.
Trump is sworn in as president by Chief Justice John Roberts
King Fahd with US President Ronald Reagan and future US President Donald Trump in 1985. The US and Saudi Arabia supplied money and arms to the anti-Soviet mujahideen fighters in Afghanistan.
The CIA prepared a series of leaflets announcing bounties for those who turned in or denounced individuals suspected of association with the Taliban or al Qaeda.
Trump speaks to automobile workers in Michigan, March 2017
As many as 500 princes, government ministers, and business people, including Prince Fahd bin Abdullah, were arrested by Saudi Arabian authorities as part of the 2017 Saudi Arabian purge
US Special Forces help Northern Alliance troops away from a CIA-operated MI-17 Hip helicopter at Bagram Airbase, 2002
Trump and group of officials and advisors on the way from White House complex to St. John's Church
Abdullah ibn Muhammad Al ash-Sheikh with Bogdan Borusewicz in the Polish Senate, 26 May 2014
Former CIA director Robert Gates meets with Russian Minister of Defense and ex-KGB officer Sergei Ivanov, 2007
Trump examines border wall prototypes in Otay Mesa, California.
Verses from the Quran. The Quran is the official constitution of the country and a primary source of law. Saudi Arabia is unique in enshrining a religious text as a political document.
President Gerald Ford meets with CIA Director-designate George H. W. Bush, December 17, 1975
Trump with the other G7 leaders at the 45th summit in France, 2019
U.S. President Donald Trump and First Lady Melania Trump with King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud and the President of Egypt, Abdel Fattah Al Sisi, 21 May 2017
Former CIA deputy director Michael Morell (left) apologized to Colin Powell for the CIA's erroneous assessments of Iraq's WMD programs.
Trump and Xi Jinping at 2018 G20 Summit.
U.S. President Barack Obama meets King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia, July 2014
Trump, King Salman of Saudi Arabia, and Egyptian president Abdel Fattah el-Sisi at the 2017 Riyadh summit in Saudi Arabia
Faisal Mosque in Islamabad is named after a Saudi king. The kingdom is a strong ally of Pakistan. WikiLeaks claimed that Saudis are "long accustomed to having a significant role in Pakistan's affairs".
U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo meeting with Taliban delegation in Qatar in September 2020
Foreign Minister Adel al-Jubeir with then British Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson (now Prime Minister) in London, 16 October 2016
Trump meets Kim Jong-un at the Singapore summit, June 2018
Major Iran–Saudi Arabia proxy conflict locations
Putin and Trump shaking hands at the G20 Osaka summit, June 2019
Flag of Al-Qaeda, a transnational terrorist group formed by Osama bin Laden, a Saudi Arabian national of Yemeni and Syrian extraction who was stripped of his Saudi passport in 1994.
Trump and his third Supreme Court nominee, Amy Coney Barrett.
"The Saudi pilots training in Italy 1935"—a scene from 'Our Eagles', one of four video wall shows made for the Royal Saudi Air Force Museum
Trump conducts a COVID-19 press briefing with members of the White House Coronavirus Task Force on March 15, 2020
Saudi soldiers from the First Airborne Brigade.
Poland's president Andrzej Duda visited the White House on June 24, 2020, the first foreign leader to do so since the start of the pandemic.
Deera Square, central Riyadh. It is a former site of public be-headings.
Trump boards helicopter for COVID-19 treatment on October 2, 2020
Saudi Arabia topography
Trump discharged on October 5, 2020, from Walter Reed National Military Medical Center
Harrat Khaybar seen from the International Space Station. Saudi Arabia is home to more than 2000 dormant volcanoes. Lava fields in Hejaz, known locally by their Arabic name of harrat (the singular is harrah), form one of Earth's largest alkali basalt regions, covering some 180000 km2, an area greater than the state of Missouri.
Members of House of Representatives vote on two articles of impeachment, December 18, 2019
A proportional representation of Saudi Arabia exports, 2019
Trump displaying the front page of The Washington Post reporting his acquittal by the Senate
Office of Saudi Aramco, the world's most valuable company and the main source of revenue for the state
Trump at a 2020 campaign rally in Arizona
The hajj is an annual Islamic pilgrimage to Mecca, the holiest city for Muslims.
2020 Electoral College results, Trump lost 232–306
King Abdullah Financial Center is one of the largest investment centres in the Middle East, located in Riyadh
Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi signing the second impeachment of Trump
Al-Hasa is known for its palm trees and dates. Al-Hasa has over 30 million palm trees which produce over 100 thousand tons of dates every year.
Trump speaks at the "Rally to Protect Our Elections" in Phoenix, Arizona, July 2021.
Saudi Arabia population density (people per km2)
Trump talking to the press, March 2017
Laboratory buildings at KAUST
Fact-checkers from The Washington Post, the Toronto Star, and CNN compiled data on "false or misleading claims" (orange background), and "false claims" (violet foreground), respectively.
The Al-Yamamah Private University in Riyadh
UIS literacy rate Saudi Arabia population, 15 plus, 1990–2015
Historical development of life expectancy in Saudi Arabia
Supplicating pilgrim at Al-Masjid Al-Ḥarām (The Sacred Mosque) in Mecca. The Kaaba is the cubic building in front of the pilgrim.
Non-Muslims are prohibited from entering the Islamic holy city of Mecca
Sarah Attar is a track and field athlete who competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics as one of the first two female Olympians representing Saudi Arabia.
The Masjid al-Haram is the holiest Islamic site, located in Mecca
The Mosque of the Prophet in Medina containing the tomb of Muhammad
King Abdullah practising falconry, a traditional pursuit in the country
Arabic coffee is a traditional beverage in Arabian cuisine
Uruguay – Saudi Arabia match at the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia
The 3000-year-old ancient historical city of Dumat al-Jandal in Al Jawf Province
The old city of Jeddah
Jabal Sawda ({{convert|3000|m|ft|abbr=on|disp=or}}) located in the 'Asir subrange of the Sarat Mountains
Abha City, located {{convert|2270|m|ft|abbr=on}} above sea level in the 'Asir Region
Beach promenade in Al-Wajh
Dhi 'ain village located in Al Bahah Province
The desert of Al-Rub' Al-Khali (The Empty Quarter)
Saad Khader from left and right Mohammad Al-Ali in 1979

However, the relationship between Saudi Arabia and the United States became strained and have witnessed major decline during the last years of the Obama administration, although Obama had authorized US forces to provide logistical and intelligence support to the Saudis in their military intervention in Yemen, establishing a joint coordination planning cell with the Saudi military that is helping manage the war, and CIA used Saudi bases for drone assassinations in Yemen.

- Saudi Arabia

On 20 May 2017, President Donald Trump and King Salman signed a series of letters of intent for Saudi Arabia to purchase arms from the United States totalling US$110 billion immediately and $350 billion over 10 years.

- Saudi Arabia

Trump actively supported the Saudi Arabian-led intervention in Yemen against the Houthis and in 2017 signed a $110 billion agreement to sell arms to Saudi Arabia, In 2018, the USA provided limited intelligence and logistical support for the intervention.

- Donald Trump

In 1991, bin Laden returned to his native Saudi Arabia protesting the presence of troops, and Operation Desert Storm.

- Central Intelligence Agency

In January 2017, American intelligence agencies—the CIA, the FBI, and the NSA, represented by the Director of National Intelligence—jointly stated with "high confidence" that the Russian government interfered in the 2016 presidential election to favor the election of Trump.

- Donald Trump

It was reported in July 2017 that President Donald Trump had ordered a "phasing out" of the CIA's support for anti-Assad rebels.

- Central Intelligence Agency

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