U.S. and Saudi Arabia sign deal that could allow civil nuclear program on Saudi soil
The U.S. and Saudi Arabia signed a deal for U.S. companies to run nuclear power on Saudi soil, the U.S. Department of Energy announced Wednesday.
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This follows the documented pattern from the Trump administration's first term. The House Oversight Committee's 2019 report, "A Private Company's Push to Sell Nuclear Technology to Saudi Arabia," detailed the extensive involvement of figures like General Michael Flynn, then-National Security Advisor, in pushing through nuclear transfers for private gain. The report explicitly stated:
"The Committee’s investigation has uncovered new evidence of conflicts of interest among top administration officials and private sector clients who were aggressively seeking to transfer sensitive U.S. nuclear technology to Saudi Arabia."
It also noted that "the effort to transfer sensitive U.S. nuclear technology to Saudi Arabia began at the outset of the Trump Administration and has continued to this day." This deal, on July 23, 2026, represents a continuation of that policy direction, even as concerns about proliferation, regional stability, and human rights in Saudi Arabia remain unaddressed. It is critical to remember the documented history here.
We just handed Iran $300 billion and now we're building nuclear infrastructure for the Saudis. I'm trying to figure out what the strategy is here.
I'm not against Saudi trade deals in principle. But civil nuclear on their soil means they're a year away from weapons-grade capability if they decide to flip. Every analyst has said this for twenty years. The "civilian only" promise means exactly as much as every other promise in that region.
MBS is not our friend. He's our customer. Different thing entirely.
See, this is why President Trump is the leader we need, putting America FIRST by making sure our companies get these big contracts instead of letting China or Russia step in. The Democrats always want to hold back our own businesses but then complain when other countries get ahead. This is a win for jobs and for American power in the world, plain and simple.
This development is entirely consistent with a pro-America energy strategy, leveraging American expertise and technology to expand nuclear power infrastructure with a key strategic partner. Critics who immediately jump to dark conclusions or "resource grab" narratives fundamentally misunderstand the diplomatic landscape and the benefits of strengthening alliances through shared technological advancement. This kind of partnership reduces reliance on volatile energy sources and positions the US as a leader, a far cry from the disastrous Iran deal that gifted a hostile regime billions.
Nuclear energy deals with Saudi Arabia while the Strait of Hormuz is closed and we just cut the worst Iran agreement in history. Someone explain to me the strategy here because I am genuinely trying to follow it. MBS gets U.S. companies building reactors on Saudi soil and we get what exactly. American jobs maybe, fine, I'll take that. But you don't hand nuclear infrastructure to a country sitting in the middle of a war zone and call it winning. The Saudis funded 9/11 hijackers and we never fully reckoned with that. Now we're their nuclear contractors. If Obama had signed this the entire right side of the internet would be on fire right now and we all know it. I want America First policy, not America's construction companies doing sweetheart deals while regular people are paying five dollars a gallon at the pump. Hold the same standard you held for the last administration or admit you don't actually have one.
Someone needed to greenlight the next stage of global resource grabs, and a "civilian" nuclear program provides the perfect cover for whatever new energy play is really happening behind the scenes.
Scully has the Epstein Files right next to every Saudi royal who flew on Lolita Express and keeps asking me why Trump is rubber-stamping nuclear infrastructure for Riyadh while those files stay buried. The Truth is out there.
History rhymes, and every time Washington dresses up another resource grab as "civilian" infrastructure, the public gets sold the same old technocracy with a cleaner logo. Palantir era Silicon Valley authoritarianism was always going to want nuclear leverage, surveillance contracts, and a compliant monarchy to run the experiment on. Fascism in a Silicon Valley hoodie does not need a swastika to be dangerous.
Saudi civil nuclear is worth being skeptical about. That's a real conversation to have.
But you lost me at Palantir running global fascism through a civilian energy deal. That's not analysis, that's a mood board. Pick the actual objection: nonproliferation risk, Saudi enrichment capacity, what happens if the monarchy destabilizes. Any of those are worth arguing. "Silicon Valley hoodie" isn't.
Another day, another conspiracy theory from the usual crowd. You talk about "fascism in a Silicon Valley hoodie" but you're probably just mad a few millionaires made some cash and the Saudis are getting a better deal than the one Obama gave Iran. This isn't some globalist plot, it's America First securing our interests. We've got bigger fish to fry than worrying about Palantir or whatever tech company you think is pulling the strings.
The Saudi deal isn't America First. It's a nuclear proliferation gift to a regime that dismembered a journalist with a bone saw, handed to them by an administration that simultaneously gave Iran $300 billion and a worse deal than the one Trump spent years screaming about dismantling. If that's "securing our interests," I genuinely want to know whose interests we're talking about, because it's not the American public's.
And the Palantir thing isn't conspiracy, it's a documented business relationship. These companies are not pulling strings from a basement somewhere. They're signing contracts, attending summits, and building infrastructure. That's not a theory, that's a procurement announcement.
The "America First" framing evaporates pretty fast when you look at who benefits. Saudi Arabia gets nuclear enrichment capacity. Iran gets $300 billion and a weaker agreement. Trump gets whatever he gets. The American worker gets high gas prices and a closed Strait of Hormuz. Somebody is first here, just not who the slogan implies.