For years, Saudi Arabia’s crown prince, Mohammed bin Salman, cultivated(培养、经营（关系）) a close relationship with Donald Trump and his son-in-law and former top adviser, Jared Kushner. The prince understood the president’s transactional approach to power: he signed deals to buy billions of dollars’ worth of US weapons and invested billions more in American companies.(这位王储深谙总统那种交易式的权力观：他签下协议购买价值数十亿美元的美国武器，又向美国企业投入了数十亿美元。)
多年来，沙特王储穆罕默德·本·萨勒曼一直着力与唐纳德·特朗普及其女婿、前高级顾问贾里德·库什纳维持密切关系。这位王储深谙总统那种交易式的权力观：他签下协议购买价值数十亿美元的美国武器，又向美国企业投入了数十亿美元。
Days after Trump returned to the White House in January 2025, Prince Mohammed pledged(承诺、保证) to expand investment and trade with the US by $600bn over four years. He later promised to increase that investment to nearly $1tn, although it wasn’t entirely clear how Saudi Arabia would manage to plough a sum close to the kingdom’s entire annual GDP into a foreign economy over a few years.(他后来又承诺把这一投资额提高到近1万亿美元——尽管外界并不完全清楚，沙特如何能在几年之内把接近本国全年GDP的巨款投入另一个国家的经济。)
2025年1月特朗普重返白宫后没几天，穆罕默德王储便承诺在四年内将对美投资与贸易扩大6000亿美元。他后来又承诺把这一投资额提高到近1万亿美元——尽管外界并不完全清楚，沙特如何能在几年之内把接近本国全年GDP的巨款投入另一个国家的经济。
On a visit to Washington last November, Prince Mohammed sealed(敲定、最终确定) a defense cooperation agreement with the US and signed a deal for the monarchy to buy dozens of F-35 stealth fighter jets(美国最先进的第五代隐形战机), America’s most advanced warplane.
去年11月访问华盛顿期间，穆罕默德王储与美国敲定了一项防务合作协议，并签署协议，由沙特王国购买数十架F-35隐形战斗机——这是美国最先进的战机。