UAE was engaged in crypto dealings instead:

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/15/us/politics/trump-uae-chi...

"Earlier this year, World Liberty, the crypto firm run by the Trumps and Witkoffs, announced an agreement with an investment firm backed by the ruling family of the U.A.E. The Emirati firm would conduct a $2 billion transaction using World Liberty’s digital coins, a deal that would provide a windfall to the Trump and Witkoff families."

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tdeck 5 hours ago | parent | next [-]

I wish there were some clause in the US constitution that broadly and expressly prohibited this kind of thing.

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bix6 6 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

What does the UAE get out of this? Is it just a massive financial loss in exchange for US market access?

	▲	fib11235 5 hours ago \| parent \| next [-]
		One of NYT's recent podcasts (The Daily) covered this, basically the Biden administration was reluctant to give the UAE access to Nvidia chips because of their close dealings with China. 2 weeks after this crypto investment, the white house agrees to give the UAE access to the chips. Here's an article if you're interested: https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/15/us/politics/trump-uae-chi...
	▲	ceejayoz 4 hours ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		> What does the UAE get out of this? What does the UAE gain by funneling $2B to Trump, who is notoriously a) transactional and b) one of the most powerful people on the planet?

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alephnerd 5 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

That's the Emirate of Dubai, not Abu Dhabi.