Trump administration highlights and news: May 20, 2025

It’s arduous to know simply how a lot cash Saudi Arabia, Qatar and the United Arab Emirates plan to put money into the USA after President Donald Trump went to these nations final week. The determine has gone from $2 trillion final week to doubtlessly $7 trillion as of Tuesday, however now new particulars have been offered on the mathematics.

THURSDAY: Along with his Mideast journey nonetheless underneath method, Trump instructed reporters on Air Pressure One: “We just took in $4 trillion.”

FRIDAY: A White Home assertion mentioned Trump’s “first official trip was a huge success, locking in over $2 trillion in great deals.”

MONDAY: “We brought back about $5.1 trillion,” Trump mentioned in remarks to the Kennedy Middle’s management. “That’s not bad. And, it’s being credited as one of the, maybe, the most successful visit that anybody’s ever made to any place. There’s never been anything like this.”

TUESDAY: “They’re spending $5.1 trillion, probably it’s going to be $7 trillion by the time we stop,” Trump mentioned earlier than a U.S. Capitol assembly with Republican Home members.

The White Home didn’t reply to a request to clarify the sources of Trump’s escalating claims.