{"id":807,"date":"2026-07-23T21:36:03","date_gmt":"2026-07-23T21:36:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/americanlivingreport.com\/?p=807"},"modified":"2026-07-23T21:36:03","modified_gmt":"2026-07-23T21:36:03","slug":"did-trump-just-kill-his-own-nuclear-deal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/americanlivingreport.com\/?p=807","title":{"rendered":"Did Trump just kill his own nuclear deal?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<p><strong>Welcome to The Logoff<\/strong>: President Donald Trump has seemingly called off a nuclear deal with Saudi Arabia after his energy secretary already formally signed it.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/americanlivingreport.com\/?p=805\">So is the lettuce bad or not?<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p><strong>What happened?<\/strong> On Wednesday, the Trump administration formally concluded what\u2019s called a \u201c123 Agreement\u201d to work with Saudi Arabia on the development of its civilian nuclear power infrastructure. This kind of deal allows the United States to provide another country with nuclear fuel and equipment on the condition that they submit to safeguards against building a nuclear weapon.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>But on Thursday morning, after the negotiations were quite literally concluded, Trump threw a monkey wrench into things \u2014 posting on Truth Social that the deal was \u201ctotally subject to Saudi Arabia joining the very respected and successful Abraham Accords.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>The Abraham Accords are a series of agreements from Trump\u2019s first term that normalized diplomatic relations between Israel and some nearby Arab states. In effect, then, Trump is saying that Saudi Arabia will not get its 123 Agreement unless it formally recognizes the State of Israel. Which the Saudis are unwilling to do absent the creation of a Palestinian state.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p><strong>Why is Trump doing this? <\/strong>As is often the case with his strange last-minute decisions, no one really knows. There are a few leading guesses, though.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>The first is that the agreement with Saudi Arabia was a bad idea on the merits. Experts on nuclear weapons, the Middle East, and international relations more broadly all said that the deal gave Saudis exactly what they wanted with virtually nothing in return, effectively surrendering a key piece of leverage Washington has on Riyadh.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/americanlivingreport.com\/?p=803\">How to be a good roomie \u2014 regardless of where you are in life<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>The second is that other American friends in the Middle East got angry. The Israelis are a leading candidate, as they have long opposed any agreement that might bring the Saudis closer to a nuke. The Emiratis, often in competition with Saudis for regional influence, are another; their nuclear deal with the US, inked in 2009, is a lot stricter.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>The third is bipartisan opposition in Congress, which would need to approve any deal.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p><strong>What\u2019s the takeaway: <\/strong>Unless something changes radically, Trump has blown up a nuclear deal that\u2019s already been signed \u2014 humiliating his negotiators and angering the Saudis.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<h2>And with that, it\u2019s time to log off\u2026<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>As of today, we are officially two weeks away from the NFL\u2019s first preseason game. Our long national nightmare of calling soccer \u201cfootball\u201d is almost over.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/americanlivingreport.com\/?p=801\">The AI that went rogue<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><span>See More<!-- -->:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Donald Trump<\/li>\n<li>Politics<\/li>\n<li>The Logoff<\/li>\n<li>World Politics<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The US inked a deal with the Saudis. 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