‘How do you sleep at night?’ Donald Trump asks Saudi prince during speech — here’s why

During his diplomatic journey to Saudi Arabia, US President Donald Trump raised eyebrows with an uncommon query to Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman (MBS): “How do you sleep at night?”The query was requested during a speech at a royal gathering in Riyadh, the place Trump addressed an viewers of worldwide enterprise elites. The 78-year-old president, on his first worldwide journey since taking workplace for a second time period, turned to MBS and requested, “Mohammed, do you sleep at night? How do you sleep?”Trump was praising the Crown Prince’s capability to beat criticism and construct Saudi Arabia into a robust international enterprise hub.He added, “He tosses and turns like some of us. It’s the ones that don’t toss and turn — they’re the ones that will never take you to the promised land,” suggesting that MBS’s willpower, regardless of the challenges he confronted, was what made him a profitable chief.Trump’s speech at the Saudi Royal Court targeted on his admiration for Saudi Arabia’s transformation below MBS’s management. “Critics doubted it was possible, what you’ve done, but over the past eight years, Saudi Arabia has proved the critics totally wrong,” Trump mentioned, incomes a standing ovation from the viewers.Trump additionally remarked on the shut relationship between the US and Saudi Arabia, saying, “Oh, what I do for the crown prince,” referring to actions like lifting sanctions on Syria at MBS’s request. Despite Saudi Arabia’s controversial human rights report, Trump described the dominion as “the center of the world.”“We are rocking. The United States is the hottest country, with the exception of your country,” Trump mentioned, displaying extra pleasant reward for MBS.Trump’s trip to Saudi Arabia has largely centred around bolstering economic ties and security cooperation in the region, with major trade agreements expected to generate billions in investments.Elon Musk, Sam Altman, and other high-profile names also joined Trump on this trip.