It’s no surprise Elon Musk is joining President Donald Trump on his Arabian jaunt. His businesses have been lapping up petrostate money for years.
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00:00Elon Musk has been a central figure in the Trump administration since January when Trump took
00:07office. And although Musk has taken a bit of a step back in the last couple weeks as he's pledged
00:14to reduce his involvement in Doge and to get more involved at his companies, despite that,
00:22you know, this was a big sort of foreign policy push from Trump. And Elon Musk has a history of
00:28doing deals with the Saudis. And it was a big U.S.-Saudi business conference with other CEOs and
00:35billionaire investors. So it was only natural that Elon would be there making himself known.