Trump and Saudi crown prince ate in friendship

The plenary space of the Ritz Carlton Riyadh was packed to the edge on Tuesday when the guests were waiting for the arrival of US President Donald Trump and Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman.

The participants of the US Saudi Investment Forum included numerous numerous CEOs in the world, including Elon Musk. Nvidia 's Jensen Huang and Black rockLarry Fink, to name just a few.

The security of the event corrected guests – billionaires and junior consultants – into the plenar to wait exciting while the Saudi and American leaders keep their meetings.

“We were locked up in the plenar for three hours before they appeared,” Tarik Solomon, head of the American Saudi Business Chamber in Riad, told CNBC. “Nothing says diplomacy like strategic patience.”

The guests described amusing scenes when Fortune was on the floor 500 leadership forces due to a lack of seats on the ground.

“They also put the CEOs on stage for the entire three hours, and they had no sitting anywhere. So they sit like on that

“The event was really disorganized,” said the guest, but took the energy in the room when the president entered the stage.

“It was astonishing to be in this room. No matter what you say about Trump, he is a star. He knows how to work a room.”

Trump was on stage alone, while Lee Greenwood's patriotic ballad “proudly on Americans” played on the spokesmen of the surround sound before starting an approximately 50-minute speech that treated the US relationships with the region, but concentrated heavily on his domestic agenda and legacy.

“I have the feeling that I just took part in my first Trump rally,” said another participant and also spoke anonymously due to professional restrictions.

The American leader dedicated a large part of his speech to the praise of the Saudi kingdom with which he had enjoyed warm relationships for years and where he made his first state visit during his first concept of the white house.

“Riad will not only be a seat of government, but also a big business, a cultural and high-tech capital of the whole world,” said Trump.

“Mohammed, are you sleeping at night? How do you sleep?” He spoke to the 39-year-old Crown Prince, who was sitting directly opposite the audience. “Critics doubted that it was possible what they did, but in the past eight years Saudi Arabia has proven the critics who are completely wrong.”

The amount applauded when Trump said: “He is your biggest representative, the biggest representative. And if I didn't like him, I would get out of it so quickly. You know that, not? He knows me well. I do it very much – I like him too much.”

I am Salman beamed at the president and often put his hand on his heart in a gesture of appreciation.

“That's why we give so much, you know? Too much,” said Trump with a smile. “I like you too much.”

Saudis proudly expressed the relationship of her De-Facto leader to the US President on social media, and regional analysts noted the strong difference between the relationship of this government to the kingdom and that of the bidet management, which was significantly cooler.

“Trump and MBS? It is a bromance for eternity,” a summit participant told CNBC and referred to the crown prince through his initials.

The main news of the event was the announcement of investments of 600 billion US dollars from Saudi Arabia, including a record contract of $ 142 billion for the purchase of American weapons.

“Overall, the mood was very optimistic,” said Solomon of the American Chamber of Commerce. “The right people were in the room, and the business felt less performative this time. Probably because they confirmed $ 300 billion USD in real agreements instead of hanging together striking headings of 1 billion USD.”