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The start of their relationship
their been cooperating in over 70 years, the reason why America was interested in a good relationship with Saudi Arabia was mainly because of the oil. -
Mutual defense assistance agreement
America provided Saudi Arabia with money to build up their military, and the US then were allowed to practised their military training within Saudi Arabia. -
operation desertshield
the US deployed around 500 000 troops to Saudi Arabia to help them in the conflict against Iraq. -
9/11 brought tension between Saudi Arabia an the US
the terror attack in america brought a lot of tension between the two countries. The reason why the tension grew after the attack was because 15 of the terrorists were from Saudi Arabia which made the Americans doubt their relationship. -
Trump visited Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia was the first country he visited as president. He says it was because he wanted to help them to increase the violence and terrorism within the country, and help young muslims to get a better future. The main reason seemes to be that trump wants to keep them on the good side to benefit america.