POLITICS● ELEVATEDAug 5 · Aug 5, 2026, 7:30 AM
Why Trump’s Israel Normalization Demand May Kill the Saudi Nuclear Deal
War on the Rocks
Only days after the Trump administration celebrated what it called a landmark civilian nuclear agreement with Saudi Arabia, the president himself appeared to place the entire arrangement in jeopardy. In a Truth Social post, President Donald Trump declared the deal “totally subject” to Saudi Arabia joining the Abraham Accords and normalizing with Israel — a condition absent from the administration’s own announcement barely a day earlier. White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt then confirmed that, without normalization, “the deal is off.”The reversal was
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