Saudi Arabia Ditches BRICS Play, Swings for $100 Billion US Deals Instead

Saudi Arabia’s pivot from BRICS to US partnerships screams ’show me the money’—because nothing says ’strategic alliance’ like a 12-zero checkbook. The kingdom’s latest power move swaps geopolitical posturing for cold, hard infrastructure and defense deals with Washington.

Wall Street’s already salivating: that $100 billion figure isn’t an investment—it’s a liquidity injection straight into the military-industrial complex. Meanwhile, BRICS watches another member flirt with the dollar’s gravitational pull. So much for dedollarization.

Funny how petrostates rediscover American friendship when oil prices wobble and crypto can’t quite replace those sweet, sweet Treasury bonds. The House of Saud isn’t betting on multipolarity—it’s hedging with the house that prints the global reserve currency.

After Pausing BRICS, Saudi Arabia Eyes $100 Billion Weapons, Mining & Mineral Deals With the US

The MBS-led government is in talks with the US to strike mining and mineral deals ahead of Trump’s visit to the Kingdom. In addition, the US intends to offer Saudi Arabia a $100 billion weapons deal, reported Reuters. Leading defense contractors such as Lockheed Martin, RTX Corp, Boeing, Northrop Grumman, and General Atomic will be involved in the supply of weapons. Saudi Arabia wants these deals to go through before deciding on joining the BRICS bloc.

said Robert Mogielnicki, Senior Resident Scholar at the Arab Gulf States Institute in Washington.