The Trump administration has signed a nuclear cooperation agreement with Saudi Arabia that would allow American companies to run commercial nuclear power plants on Saudi soil.

The agreement was signed by Energy Secretary Chris Wright and Saudi Arabia's energy minister, Prince Abdulaziz bin Salman, the Department of Energy announced on Wednesday. They also signed an accompanying agreement about safeguards. The deal must be reviewed by Congress, which has 90 days to consider it.

The cooperation agreement gives American companies priority access to the Saudi nuclear energy program, meaning they can supply nuclear reactors and fuel, according to an administration memo about the agreement seen by NPR. It's expected to last decades and be worth billions of dollars, the Energy Department said.

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[–] 7 points 3 months ago

By an amazing coincidence the Saudis gave Jared Kushner $2 billion to play investment fund manager.

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    [–] 29 points 3 months ago (2 children)

    So the home of radical wahhabism is getting a nuke? The people who launched and funded 9/11 are being gifted a nuke? Huh...

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  • [–] [S] 27 points 3 months ago

    Trump is giving Saudia Arabia the bomb.

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  • [–] 9 points 3 months ago (2 children)

    irans going to bomb the fuck out of them i bet. rip

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  • [–] 0 points 3 months ago (1 child)

    Fuck em. Fuck Iran's regime too though. We should get all the Zionists, Trumpers, and nutcase Islamic radicals and corrall them in an Antarctic island with no outside contact. Tech bros can go too.

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  • [–] 4 points 3 months ago (1 child)

    lucifer. I hate everyone who voted for him. If you wised up and going to vote different great but you should spend the rest of your life attoning for the mistake.

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  • [–] 0 points 3 months ago

    Nope. If you supported Hitler, you shouldn't have the same rights. Destroying your country, giving a pedophile access to the nuclear codes, and causing a threat of nuclear war is more dangerous to the public than the felon who did 20 years for some dust in a baggie and can't vote.

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    [–] 15 points 3 months ago (1 child)

    I'm sure Iran totally will not target Saudi Arabia facilities and scientists with their justification being evidence of plausible capacity to build a nuclear weapon in a single year. sips tea

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  • [–] 4 points 3 months ago

    Well when they get a nuke they will use it. Other smart move by trump /s.

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