Update(1258ET): Saudi unnamed officials are pushing back, as expected...
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’s demand is too late.
"It was signed. So nothing to renegotiate," the Saudi source says. "Tweets don’t overturn signed agreements."
Is the 'civilian nuclear energy' deal already dead on arrival, even as it's expected to be presented to Congress?
in case anyone thought energy secretary chris wright was freelancing and hadn’t run the deal by Trump https://t.co/KSJHsPNiFz
— Laura Rozen (@lrozen) July 23, 2026
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President Trump has suddenly pulled back the reins on the Saudi nuclear deal, which is likely being felt as a major shock in Riyadh, given that the deal was already signed Wednesday by Energy Secretary Chris Wright and Saudi Energy Minister Prince Abdulaziz bin Salman.
Trump in a Thursday morning Truth social post declared that the deal will only be finally approved "totally subject to Saudi Arabia joining the very respected and successful Abraham Accords."
Upon Wednesday's signing, there was no men
