Trump closes Middle East tour with historic capital investment into U.S.

President Donald Trump ended his Gulf States trip with a stop in the United Arab Emirates after securing a minimum of $800 billion in investment pledges: $600 billion from Saudi Arabia and $200 billion from Qatar. 

Just as with Saudi Arabia on Tuesday and Qatar on Wednesday, Air Force One received a fighter jet escort into the UAE's airspace Thursday. 

Trump along with UAE President Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan participated in a technology agreement signing ceremony in front of dignitaries and the press at Qasr Al Watan, the presidential palace, and proceeded to visit one of the largest mosques in the world, the Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque. 

Trump expressed confidence that the United States' relationship with UAE would "only get bigger and better," and described UAE's President as a "great warrior" and a "strong, brilliant man." 

The UAE previously committed to a $1.4 trillion investment in the U.S. over the next decade in areas of artificial intelligence, manufacturing, semiconductors, and energy.