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Forbes reported this week that a single Gulf nation has become the engine behind much of President Trump’s foreign earnings, and the details should make every American who cares about jobs and growth sit up and take notice. The story — picked up across the business press — makes plain that large Gulf cash is flowing into Trump-branded and Trump-linked ventures, turning global capital into domestic opportunity. For many conservatives, that is exactly the kind of results-oriented, deal-first foreign engagement Washington used to celebrate.
At the center of the surge is the United Arab Emirates, with Emirati investors and developers striking major partnerships that benefit U.S. projects and the Trump family’s licensing business. Emirati billionaire Hussain Sajwani, a longtime Trump associate, even announced huge investments in U.S. data centers at Mar-a-Lago — a plainly transactional arrangement that delivers American infrastructure and private-sector jobs. That kind of capital inflow is what revives local economies, not endless lecture tours or bureaucratic hand-wringing from the left.
This isn’t small change. Reporting shows the president and his family have already cleared hundreds of millions abroad through branding, licensing, and development deals across the Gulf, with projects tied to Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Oman and the UAE. Critics howl about influence, but the reality is that foreign developers want the Trump name because it sells product — and Americans get the downstream benefits of construction, services, and taxes. Conservative readers should judge by results: where deals create jobs, families thrive.
Beyond condos and golf clubs, Gulf money is targeting strategic sectors like AI and data infrastructure, with sovereign and private funds seeking U.S. partnerships to build out compute capacity. Abu Dhabi’s big AI funds and investment vehicles have been positioning themselves as global partners in the tech race, bringing billions to American soil for data centers and AI campuses that will employ Americans and secure technological leadership. If you believe America must win the 21st century economy, attracting private global capital to build our infrastructure is exactly the pragmatic move we should applaud.
The predictable chorus from the media and the Beltway left decries conflicts of interest and demands federal scrutiny, but savvy conservatives know the difference between corruption and businesslike diplomacy. Yes, deals with sovereign investors deserve appropriate oversight, and agencies like CFIUS exist to protect national security — but throwing cold water on every foreign investment out of partisanship would be a disaster for American prosperity. Let regulators do their job; don’t let political theater choke off the capital that builds rail yards, data centers, and factories.
Americans should also keep a clear-eyed view on national security: transactional relationships require safeguards, not reflexive bans. Gulf partners want access to chips and cloud capacity and are willing to pay for it; that gives Washington leverage to shape terms, insist on protections, and secure industrial advantages for the United States. Conservatives who care about both liberty and safety should favor deals that are transparent, reciprocal, and forcefully pro-American — not the left’s reflexive disarmament disguised as virtue signaling.
At the end of the day, hardworking Americans will judge this by one simple metric: did it produce jobs, investment, and stronger American industry? If Gulf capital flowing into U.S. projects under Trump delivers factories reopened, data centers built, and communities hired, then it is a net positive for the nation. The political squawks from the left won’t feed anyone’s family; deals and dollars will — and conservatives should be unapologetic in defending policies and relationships that put America first.
