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The US State Department announced that it has approved a potential sale of more than $ 1.4 billion in helicopters and F-16 jet parts to the United Arab Emirates, just before the President Donald Trumps Visit the nation of the Middle East.
The proposed sale comprises $ 1.32 billion for CH-47 f chinook helicopters and $ 130 million for F-16 parts Foreign Ministry said on Monday.
The agency has informed the congress of the proposed sale, although some Democrats have previously signaled that they could hesitate to give such a sale the green light.
This comes because Trump travels to the VAE later this week to start the last stop on his four -day trip to the Middle East. He also visits Saudi Arabia and Qatar on his first great international journey of his second administration.
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The US State Department announced that it would approved a potential sale of more than $ 1.4 billion of helicopters and F-16 fighter aircraft to the United Arab Emirates. (Go Bum-Jun/Newssis about AP, file)
The VAE have already sworn to spend 1.4 trillion dollars for US investments in the next decade, which are expected to concentrate on semiconductor, manufacturing, energy and artificial intelligence.
Weapon transfer and defense trade are made by the authority to cooperate the defense security of the Pentagon and the Foreign Ministry.
The Foreign Ministry initially checks business that is to be searched by other countries to ensure that they achieve the targets of the US government. When the agency is approved, the agency notifies the congress of the sale. The federal legislator can reject a proposed sale, but if you do not choose, the US government will negotiate.
Senator Chris Murphy, D-Conn.
US President Donald Trump speaks on May 13, 2025 during the Saudi US investment forum in the King Abdul Aziz International Conference Center in Riad. (Fayez Nureldine/AFP via Getty Images)
“We should have a complete debate and coordination in the Senate,” wrote Murphy about X. “The investment of VAE in Trump Crypto and Katar’s gift from a aircraft is the nuclear transplant. An unacceptable corruption of our foreign policy.”
“Usually the weapon sales proceed without a coordination,” he continued. “But every senator can force a complete debate and a complete coordination in the Senate.
In January, Senator Chris van Hollen, D-Md., And Rep. Sara Jacobs, D-Calif., Opposition against $ 1.2 billion Weapons sales to the VAEIndicate the country that make weapons available to the fast support forces in Sudan who have accused the United States due to war crimes and ethnic cleaning.
The Foreign Ministry has informed the congress of the proposed sale to the VAE. (Nathan Posner/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)
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The congress previously tried to prevent Trump from completing golf nations from completing golf nations, even in 2019 during his first term, when the legislator put the business with Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates about the concerns regarding the civilian victims in the war, since the Saudi coalition was held responsible for most of the civilian.
However, Trump has appointed a provision with which sales in cases that are taken into account as an emergency can be carried out immediately without a review period.
