--- title: "Trump Sends 30-Year Nuclear Deal with Saudi Arabia to Congress, but Keeps Israel Condition" description: "Trump has sent the 30-year nuclear deal with Saudi Arabia to Congress, but has kept the requirement for the kingdom to normalize relations with Israel. The document could trigger months of debate on non-proliferation." date: 2026-08-26T00:40:00.000Z lang: en url: https://xab.info/en/posts/trump-sends-30-year-nuclear-deal-with-saudi-arabia-to-congress tags: [trump, saudi-arabia, nuclear-deal, congress, israel, uranium-enrichment] publisher: "XAB.info" --- # Trump Sends 30-Year Nuclear Deal with Saudi Arabia to Congress, but Keeps Israel Condition ![Donald Trump holds up a signed 30-year nuclear deal document with Saudi Arabia in front of US flags before handing it to Congress](https://xab.info/media/2026/08/26/trump-yadernaya-sdelka-s-saudovskoy-avriey-kongres/trump-yadernaya-sdelka-s-saudovskoy-avriey-kongres-1.webp) ## 🎯 Key Points - Trump on Monday submitted the 30-year nuclear agreement with Saudi Arabia for congressional review, as required by US law. - The deal provides for a two-year study of the viability of building a uranium enrichment facility in the kingdom by US companies. - Trump has kept the post-signing condition requiring Saudi Arabia to join the Abraham Accords and normalize relations with Israel. - Critics and CNN data point to the risk of uranium enrichment without standard international non-proliferation safeguards. ### Submission of the Deal to Congress According to The Wall Street Journal, as cited by RBC-Ukraine, US President Donald Trump on Monday submitted the 30-year nuclear agreement with Saudi Arabia for congressional review. Under US law, such a deal must be presented to lawmakers, and blocking the document would be extremely difficult: it would require a joint resolution and two-thirds votes in both chambers to override a possible presidential veto. This step is expected to trigger months of debate over how to strengthen the US nuclear industry while simultaneously curbing the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction in the Middle East. ### The Essence of the 30-Year Agreement When representatives of the Trump administration announced the agreement last month, they emphasized that it would give American companies a central role in developing Saudi Arabia's nuclear infrastructure, excluding foreign competitors. Under the deal, American and Saudi officials will conduct a two-year study to determine the commercial viability of building a uranium enrichment facility in the kingdom by US companies. If the study shows that domestic uranium enrichment is justified, such facilities will be built under the agreement, which, according to Washington, will not allow the transfer of sensitive technologies to the Saudi side. ### Positions of Riyadh and Washington Saudi officials argue that the kingdom needs to develop a civilian nuclear industry using uranium ore deposits, which are planned to be mined to meet domestic energy needs. In their words, this would free up most of the extracted oil for export and increase revenues. For their part, representatives of the Trump administration claim that US involvement guarantees the peaceful nature of the kingdom's nuclear program. ### Criticism and Non-Proliferation Risks The deal has been controversial, as it potentially opens the way to uranium enrichment on Saudi Arabian territory. Critics argue that, despite the statements about guarantees, this would promote the spread of nuclear technologies in the unstable Middle East. Earlier, according to CNN, the Trump administration had preliminarily agreed to allow Saudi Arabia to enrich uranium without standard international non-proliferation safeguards. ### Contradictory Data There is a clear discrepancy in the presentation of the key terms. On the one hand, the Trump administration insists that the involvement of American companies guarantees the peaceful nature of the Saudi nuclear program and does not allow the transfer of sensitive technologies. On the other hand, according to CNN, Washington preliminarily agreed to uranium enrichment without standard international non-proliferation safeguards, which directly contradicts the rhetoric about "guarantees." Moreover, Trump's political demand for Saudi normalization of relations with Israel was put forward last month, already after the agreement had been negotiated and signed, creating an inconsistency in the very composition of the deal's terms. ### The Israel Condition as an Obstacle At the same time, Trump has not dropped his latest condition — the kingdom's accession to the Abraham Accords and the normalization of relations with Israel. The Abraham Accords were concluded in 2020 with US mediation and signed by the United States, Israel, the United Arab Emirates, and Bahrain. According to sources, this requirement has become a new obstacle to implementing the nuclear deal, as Riyadh has not yet confirmed its readiness to comply with it. ## 🔍 Fact-Check Verification - [Trump Sends 30-Year Nuclear Deal with Saudi Arabia to Congress, - WSJ](https://www.rbc.ua/ukr/news/tramp-napraviv-kongresu-dernu-ugodu-iz-saudivskoyu-1787704637.html) - Первичный источник, ссылающийся на The Wall Street Journal: факт передачи сделки в Конгресс, механизм блокировки (две трети в обеих палатах), двухлетнее исследование по обогащению урана, условие об Авраамовых соглашениях. Контекст о согласии на обогащение без стандартных гарантий приведён из более ранней публикации CNN и создаёт расхождение с риторикой администрации, что отражено в разделе «Противоречивые данные». ## ❓ FAQ ### Q: What exactly did Trump send to Congress? **A:** The 30-year nuclear agreement with Saudi Arabia, which under US law must be presented to lawmakers for review. ### Q: Can this deal be blocked in Congress? **A:** It is difficult: blocking it would require a joint resolution and two-thirds votes in both chambers to override a possible presidential veto. ### Q: Does Trump keep the condition regarding Israel? **A:** Yes. He has not dropped the requirement for Saudi Arabia to join the Abraham Accords and normalize relations with Israel, which was put forward after the deal was signed. ### Q: What is the main controversy over the deal? **A:** That it potentially opens the way to uranium enrichment on Saudi Arabian territory; critics and CNN data point to the risk of enrichment without standard international non-proliferation safeguards.