Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman told President Trump Tuesday that the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia will increase its investments of $600 million in the U.S. to near $1 trillion.

The new figure was raised by the president during bin Salman's White House visit.

"I want to thank you because you've agreed to invest $600 billion into the United States, and because he's my friend, he might make it a trillion, but I'm going to have to work on him," Mr. Trump said during their Oval Office meeting.

Bin Salman, who goes by MBS, agreed that the figure would be close to $1 trillion.

Bin Salman's trip to the White House marks his first U.S. visit since Washington Post journalist and human rights activist Jamal Khashoggi was killed in 2018 in a Saudi consulate in Istanbul by members of the Sau

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