{"id":2197,"date":"2026-08-01T17:28:12","date_gmt":"2026-08-01T17:28:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/watchthenews.store\/?p=2197"},"modified":"2026-08-01T17:28:12","modified_gmt":"2026-08-01T17:28:12","slug":"karoline-leavitt-responds-to-possible-saudi-nuclear-deal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/watchthenews.store\/?p=2197","title":{"rendered":"Karoline Leavitt Responds To Possible Saudi Nuclear Deal"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt provided an update on Thursday on President Donald Trump\u2019s possible nuclear deal with Saudi Arabia.<\/em>\u00a0While speaking to reporters at the press briefing, Leavitt revealed that the deal was contingent on Saudi Arabia joining the Abraham Accords. Leavitt read Trump\u2019s Thursday morning Truth Social post about the contingency to reporters, that said in part, \u201cThe civil nuclear deal, there will be no enrichment of material, an important point being made between the Department of Energy and Saudi Arabia, which pertains only to non-military use, will be approved, but is totally subject to Saudi Arabia joining the very respected and successful Abraham Accords.\u201d Leavitt emphasized, \u201cYes, this deal with Saudi Arabia, the energy deal, is contingent on this condition, as far as the president is concerned.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-3\">\n<div data-type=\"_mgwidget\" data-widget-id=\"1965241\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>NBC News correspondent Gabe Gutierrez asked, \u201cWhy was that condition not mentioned yesterday when the Energy secretary announced it?\u201d \u201cLook, the president is always the final deal maker, as you know, and this is something he has mentioned on numerous occasions going back. I can provide you with those statements, and he has said if they don\u2019t join the Abraham Accords the deal is off. So we\u2019ll continue to have those conversations with our Saudi counterparts moving forward,\u201d Leavitt answered. \u201cSo, the deal is dead if Saudi Arabia doesn\u2019t join in? And have you any indication that Saudi Arabia is even considering this?\u201d Gutierrez followed up. \u201cNo, again, the president has spoken directly with the Saudis about this in numerous conversations in the past, and the administration will continue to engage in those conversations,\u201d Leavitt maintained.<\/p>\n<p>Leavitt called on the next reporter, but Gutierrez pressed, \u201cWill they be exempt from international inspections as part of this deal as it moves forward?\u201d \u201cI don\u2019t want to comment on the specifics of the deal,\u201d said a more agitated Leavitt. \u201cAs we\u2019re still again, as I just said, talking, especially about this very important condition the president raised this morning.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered\"><iframe id=\"twitter-widget-0\" class=\"\" title=\"X Post\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/embed\/Tweet.html?dnt=true&amp;embedId=twitter-widget-0&amp;features=e30%3D&amp;frame=false&amp;hideCard=false&amp;hideThread=false&amp;id=2080323110264361207&amp;lang=en&amp;origin=https%3A%2F%2Ftrends7news.info%2FST%2F14752&amp;sessionId=24c09f9ca4597ab8c7061bef9f0c65233e5491d9&amp;theme=light&amp;widgetsVersion=6a3ad42b224df%3A1778106238597&amp;width=550px\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-tweet-id=\"2080323110264361207\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>Saudi Nuclear Deal Details Questioned<\/h2>\n<p>Following questions about other topics, The Wall Street Journal\u2019s Meridith McGraw asked, \u201cJust to continue on the Saudi nuclear deal. Do the Saudis agree with this interpretation since it wasn\u2019t part of the initial agreement? And has the president talked to MBS since the new condition?\u201d \u201cAs you know, the president just put out this statement a few hours ago. I don\u2019t believe he have has had a call with MBS in the hours since, however he raised this in previous conversations and has also said many times in the past,\u201d Leavitt said. The next reporter asked, \u201cIn regards to this deal, in the past the Saudi government has said they will not consider entering into the Abraham Accords unless and until there is a Palestinian state. What makes you think that they will change their minds on their position regarding that?\u201d \u201cAgain, I won\u2019t get ahead of the president\u2019s conversations, but this is something that he feels very strongly about and has spoken about in the past and will continue to uphold,\u201d Leavitt repeated. \u201cJust playing devil\u2019s advocate, why does Saudi Arabia get a civilian nuclear deal Iran doesn\u2019t get a civilian nuclear deal?\u201d the reporter pressed.<\/p>\n<p>This comes as President Trump gave Iran multiple opportunities to avoid the current conflict with the United States months before it began. After the war started, the administration continued to reach out to the surviving regime in Tehran, offering one olive branch after another. But even after agreeing to a 60-day ceasefire in late June, the Iranians continued to attack commercial tankers and shipping, which then led to a new wave of strikes by the U.S., which is now in its ninth day.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/symkusanews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/tmpgv4nppwf_20260801_113712_9AUVVN-735x400.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<h2>U.S. Remains Open to Iran Diplomacy<\/h2>\n<p>That said, Secretary of State Marco Rubio noted on Sunday that the United States remains open to diplomacy with Iran. Rubio said Sunday night that Iran had effectively ended a memorandum of understanding intended to keep the Strait of Hormuz open after Tehran attacked multiple commercial vessels, while emphasizing that the United States remains willing to pursue a diplomatic resolution. Speaking with reporters at Joint Base Andrews before departing for the Philippines for the ASEAN foreign ministers\u2019 meeting, Rubio said Iran had been expected to reaffirm its commitment to keeping the strategic waterway open to commercial shipping and to cease attacks on vessels.<\/p>\n<p>When asked if the memorandum of understanding was truly dead, Rubio stated that Iran had already answered that question through its actions. \u201cThey\u2019re not complying with it,\u201d Rubio said. \u201cThe straits are supposed to be open, free of tolls, free of attack, free of all the things they\u2019re doing against these ships,\u201d he continued, per Fox News. Nevertheless, Rubio said the U.S. is still willing to sit down and discuss peace terms with the Iranians, but their behavior will have to change first.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt provided an update on Thursday on President Donald Trump\u2019s possible nuclear deal with Saudi Arabia.\u00a0While speaking to reporters at the press briefing, Leavitt revealed &hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2198,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2197","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"brizy_media":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/watchthenews.store\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2197","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/watchthenews.store\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/watchthenews.store\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/watchthenews.store\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/watchthenews.store\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2197"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/watchthenews.store\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2197\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2199,"href":"https:\/\/watchthenews.store\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2197\/revisions\/2199"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/watchthenews.store\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/2198"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/watchthenews.store\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2197"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/watchthenews.store\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2197"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/watchthenews.store\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2197"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}