"President of the United States Donald Trump has signed an excellent deal. Having pre-demonized and accused Iran of all Middle Eastern misfortunes, he sold Saudi Arabia weapons worth $ 110 billion at a time and agreed on the supply of weapons over the next 10 years for another $ 350 billion, and in fact obliging Saudi Arabia to invest 40 Billion dollars directly into US infrastructure projects. Thus, the total cumulative effect is half a trillion dollars, which the US economy will receive in different spheres. Donald Trump has proved once again the ability to negotiate and enter into profitable deals, which he replicated, being a successful developer. "
This was the opinion of Anar Sadyikhov, a Russian political expert, an expert on the Caucasus and the Middle East, candidate of historical sciences, who commented on Eurasia Diary about the largest arms deal in the history of the United States, which Trump signed with Saudi Arabia as part of his first foreign tour.
"However, further militarization of the Gulf countries will lead to Tehran's response, which will increase the development of its ballistic missile program and generally its own military-industrial complex in order to counter the threat of the main opponent in the Riyadh region. This fact does not bother the head of the White House, because there will be an additional argument to sign new contracts, "says the political scientist.
Secretary of State Rex Tillerson states: "We hope that Iran will put an end to the testing of ballistic missiles, restore the rights of Iranians to freedom of speech and freedom of association so that the population of the country can live the life that it deserves."
A. Sadikhov believes that this statement sounds ridiculous, given that there were quite democratic elections in Iran. Despite the support of the supreme leader Ali Khamenei, one of the representatives of the conservative camp, the current president Hassan Rouhani won by getting 57% of the votes at a high turnout, having exceeded his previous figures by almost 7%. This shows the growing support of the population, who wants to further develop in the direction of freedom, liberal economy and constructive interaction with the outside world, which the newly elected president of Iran seeks as well.
The expert suggests looking at the contrast on Saudi Arabia, highly supported by Washington, whose citizens have significantly fewer personal freedoms. The institute of choice of the head of state is absent in principle and willingness to resort to the use of force to support acceptable regimes, despite the sacrifices among civilians. This can be observed over the past few years in Yemen and again in the sweltering Bahrain, where 80% of population are Shiite, and the current monarchy is backed by military support from the KSA.
"Thus, the US’s use of the practice of double standards is quite obvious. If Barack Obama tried to conduct a more flexible policy, trying to negotiate with the main actors and not to strain unnecessarily the situation, then Donald Trump is guided solely by selfish principles, only aggravating the situation. Moreover, he is trying to earn on it, having extensive experience in implementing major projects, which are now the countries and regions, "summed up Anar Sadyikhov.
