President Donald Trump and Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman Al Saud touted new agreements at the U.S.-Saudi Investment Forum Wednesday.

The appearance concluded the crown prince’s visit to the United States in which the leaders advanced investments and defense pledges, amid President Trump’s efforts to boost the economy and broker peace in the Middle East.

Trump announced he was designating Saudi Arabia a major non-NATO U.S. ally, that the two inked a strategic defense agreement, and future sales of F-35s and American tanks.

“What it means, it’s a gesture from this administration and if the successor relationship is republican they might honor it as well, but it has no ultimate long term meaning other than as a gesture of goodwill from the United States,” a former defense official

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