The Guardian view on a US-Saudi nuclear agreement: an offer that further erodes international safeguards | Editorial
Donald Trump and Mohammed bin Salman at the White House last November. Photograph: Evelyn Hockstein/ReutersView image in fullscreenDonald Trump and Mohammed bin Salman at the White House last November. The US announced that it had signed a deal with Saudi Arabia which would potentially allow the kingdom to enrich uranium in future and to avoid the fullest inspection rights for the international watchdog.Experts have long warned that a civilian nuclear programme could create a path towards a nuclear-armed Riyadh.
- ▪Donald Trump and Mohammed bin Salman at the White House last November.
- ▪Photograph: Evelyn Hockstein/ReutersView image in fullscreenDonald Trump and Mohammed bin Salman at the White House last November.
- ▪The US announced that it had signed a deal with Saudi Arabia which would potentially allow the kingdom to enrich uranium in future and to avoid the fullest inspection rights for the international watchdog.Experts have long warned that a civ
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Donald Trump and Mohammed bin Salman at the White House last November. Photograph: Evelyn Hockstein/ReutersView image in fullscreenDonald Trump and Mohammed bin Salman at the White House last November. Photograph: Evelyn Hockstein/ReutersOpinionUS foreign policyThe Guardian view on a US-Saudi nuclear agreement: an offer that further erodes international safeguardsEditorialEven if no reactors are built, Donald Trump’s announcement of a double-standards deal with Riyadh has wrought further damage in a new era of proliferationSun 26 Jul 2026 12.29 EDTShareEven as he threatened to escalate an unlawful war sold in part as preventing Iran from gaining a nuclear weapon, Donald Trump opened the door to proliferation in the region on Wednesday.
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