{"id":73478,"date":"2026-07-23T14:18:27","date_gmt":"2026-07-23T18:18:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/?p=73478"},"modified":"2026-07-23T14:19:59","modified_gmt":"2026-07-23T18:19:59","slug":"tweets-dont-overturn-signed-deals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/?p=73478","title":{"rendered":"<h2><b>&#8216;Tweets Don&#8217;t Overturn Signed Deals&#8217;<\/b><\/h2>"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!--more-->ZeroHedge.com<\/p>\n<p><strong><u>Update(1258ET)<\/u>:<\/strong>\u00a0Saudi unnamed officials are pushing back, as expected&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>After President Trump earlier this morning in a Truth Social post asserted that the already signed US-Saudi nuclear deal would actually be conditioned on Riyadh joining the Abraham Accords, journalist Laura Rozen quotes an unnamed Saudi source who says Trump\u2019s demand is too late.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It was signed. So nothing to renegotiate,&#8221; the Saudi\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/lrozen\/status\/2080306416317821360\">source says<\/a>.\u00a0<strong>&#8220;Tweets don\u2019t overturn signed agreements.&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Is the &#8216;civilian nuclear energy&#8217; deal already dead on arrival, even as it&#8217;s expected to be presented to Congress?<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-media-max-width=\"560\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">in case anyone thought energy secretary chris wright was freelancing and hadn\u2019t run the deal by Trump <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/KSJHsPNiFz\">https:\/\/t.co\/KSJHsPNiFz<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Laura Rozen (@lrozen) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/lrozen\/status\/2080321220122177998?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 23, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>*\u00a0 *\u00a0 *<\/p>\n<p>President Trump has suddenly<strong>\u00a0pulled back the reins on the Saudi nuclear deal<\/strong>, which is likely being\u00a0<strong>felt as a major shock in Riyadh<\/strong>, given that the deal was already signed Wednesday by Energy Secretary Chris Wright and Saudi Energy Minister Prince Abdulaziz bin Salman.<\/p>\n<p>Trump in a Thursday morning Truth social post declared that the deal will\u00a0<strong>only be finally approved &#8220;totally subject to Saudi Arabia joining the very respected and successful Abraham Accords<\/strong>.<strong>&#8220;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/s3\/files\/inline-images\/trumptssdideal.jpg?itok=U1ST45VZ\" data-image-external-href=\"\" data-image-href=\"\/s3\/files\/inline-images\/trumptssdideal.jpg?itok=U1ST45VZ\" data-link-option=\"0\"><picture><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"NodeBody_image__QqkYz\" src=\"https:\/\/files.zhedge.com\/cdn-cgi\/image\/width=1920,quality=75,format=auto\/https:\/\/assets.zerohedge.com\/s3fs-public\/inline-images\/trumptssdideal.jpg\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 1000px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/files.zhedge.com\/cdn-cgi\/image\/width=640,quality=75,format=auto\/https:\/\/assets.zerohedge.com\/s3fs-public\/inline-images\/trumptssdideal.jpg 640w, https:\/\/files.zhedge.com\/cdn-cgi\/image\/width=750,quality=75,format=auto\/https:\/\/assets.zerohedge.com\/s3fs-public\/inline-images\/trumptssdideal.jpg 750w, https:\/\/files.zhedge.com\/cdn-cgi\/image\/width=828,quality=75,format=auto\/https:\/\/assets.zerohedge.com\/s3fs-public\/inline-images\/trumptssdideal.jpg 828w, https:\/\/files.zhedge.com\/cdn-cgi\/image\/width=1080,quality=75,format=auto\/https:\/\/assets.zerohedge.com\/s3fs-public\/inline-images\/trumptssdideal.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/files.zhedge.com\/cdn-cgi\/image\/width=1200,quality=75,format=auto\/https:\/\/assets.zerohedge.com\/s3fs-public\/inline-images\/trumptssdideal.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/files.zhedge.com\/cdn-cgi\/image\/width=1920,quality=75,format=auto\/https:\/\/assets.zerohedge.com\/s3fs-public\/inline-images\/trumptssdideal.jpg 1920w\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"256\" data-nimg=\"1\" \/><\/picture><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Upon Wednesday&#8217;s signing, there was no mention of the Abraham Accords<\/strong>, also when the Energy Department hailed the deal on X, suggesting it was a &#8216;done deal&#8217; and all wrapped up &#8211; although the text has not been released, and no definitive outlines have been publicly issued.<\/p>\n<p id=\"anchor-3ac967\">Also, the oil-rich kingdom\u00a0<strong>did not mention anything about major stipulations like normalization with Israel<\/strong>, but instead an official statement only indicated that the\u00a0deal would attempt to &#8220;diversify energy sources, advance cutting-edge technologies, and expand opportunities for cooperation and investment in ways that serve the mutual interests of the two friendly countries.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The deal has been controversial among US lawmakers, given it opens the potential for a Saudi path to a nuclear bomb, and broader proliferation in the Middle East. But Trump has sought to clamp down on such criticisms, stressing in his new statement there will \u2060be &#8220;no \u2060enrichment of \u2060material&#8221; under the agreement and that it\u00a0<strong>&#8220;pertains only to non-military use<\/strong>.<strong>&#8220;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The pact would allow US companies to build a uranium enrichment facility in Saudi Arabia &#8211; but the country&#8217;s direct ability to enrich automatically opens the pathway to future weaponization.<\/p>\n<p>Saudi Arabia&#8217;s entry into the Abraham Accords has long been a major Trump administration priority, going back to the launch of the accords in Trump&#8217;s first term, after which the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain, and later Sudan and Morocco &#8211; formally signed on.<\/p>\n<p>But then the Gaza war happened, and Saudi sentiment soured. Even if the kingdom&#8217;s ruling monarchy wanted to go ahead and enter normalization with Israel, leaders would have an angry population and powerful clerical class to deal with.<\/p>\n<p>Clearly Trump just threw a big monkey wrench into the whole thing at the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/world\/middle-east\/trump-saudi-arabia-normalize-israel-ties-nuclear-deal-rcna588859\">11th hour<\/a>: &#8220;A senior administration official told NBC News on Wednesday that Trump had approved the deal, which was expected to be submitted to Congress for review.&#8221;<\/p>\n<figure class=\"caption caption-img inline-images image-style-inline-images\" role=\"group\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"NodeBody_image__QqkYz\" src=\"https:\/\/files.zhedge.com\/cdn-cgi\/image\/width=1920,quality=75,format=auto\/https:\/\/assets.zerohedge.com\/s3fs-public\/inline-images\/Israeli-Arab-Diplomatic-Ties-v2_0_0.png\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 1000px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/files.zhedge.com\/cdn-cgi\/image\/width=640,quality=75,format=auto\/https:\/\/assets.zerohedge.com\/s3fs-public\/inline-images\/Israeli-Arab-Diplomatic-Ties-v2_0_0.png 640w, https:\/\/files.zhedge.com\/cdn-cgi\/image\/width=750,quality=75,format=auto\/https:\/\/assets.zerohedge.com\/s3fs-public\/inline-images\/Israeli-Arab-Diplomatic-Ties-v2_0_0.png 750w, https:\/\/files.zhedge.com\/cdn-cgi\/image\/width=828,quality=75,format=auto\/https:\/\/assets.zerohedge.com\/s3fs-public\/inline-images\/Israeli-Arab-Diplomatic-Ties-v2_0_0.png 828w, https:\/\/files.zhedge.com\/cdn-cgi\/image\/width=1080,quality=75,format=auto\/https:\/\/assets.zerohedge.com\/s3fs-public\/inline-images\/Israeli-Arab-Diplomatic-Ties-v2_0_0.png 1080w, https:\/\/files.zhedge.com\/cdn-cgi\/image\/width=1200,quality=75,format=auto\/https:\/\/assets.zerohedge.com\/s3fs-public\/inline-images\/Israeli-Arab-Diplomatic-Ties-v2_0_0.png 1200w, https:\/\/files.zhedge.com\/cdn-cgi\/image\/width=1920,quality=75,format=auto\/https:\/\/assets.zerohedge.com\/s3fs-public\/inline-images\/Israeli-Arab-Diplomatic-Ties-v2_0_0.png 1920w\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"307\" data-nimg=\"1\" \/><figcaption><em>via Middle East Institute (MEI)<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>One regional journalist and analyst, Mohammad Shabani, had this to say in\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/mashabani\/status\/2080263564305088975\">reaction<\/a>: &#8220;Either Saudi Arabia quietly agreed to normalization as a condition for buying nuclear technology,\u00a0<strong>or Trump is once again responding to Israeli pressure after a deal is struck by attempting to change the terms<\/strong>.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>____<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/geopolitical\/trump-throws-abraham-accords-monkey-wrench-saudi-nuclear-deal-11th-hour\">https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/geopolitical\/trump-throws-abraham-accords-monkey-wrench-saudi-nuclear-deal-11th-hour<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-73478","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/73478","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=73478"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/73478\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":73482,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/73478\/revisions\/73482"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=73478"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=73478"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=73478"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}