Following talks with Saudi officials, Trump stated he was examining the request.
“I’m looking at that. They’ve asked me to look at it. They want to buy a lot of ’35’ but they want to buy actually more than that, fighter jets.”
The possible sale occurs as Trump gets ready to welcome Mohammed bin Salman, the crown prince of Saudi Arabia, to the White House the following week.
During the visit, they are anticipated to sign defense and economic deals.
Trump told reporters that the discussions were "more than meeting, we're honoring" Saudi Arabia when asked about them. Additionally, he expressed his desire that the kingdom would ratify the Abraham Accords, which have improved ties between Israel and nations with a majority of Muslims.
Global outrage over the war, which UN experts and rights groups have considered a genocide, has affected those discussions.
Normalisation between Israel and Saudi Arabia is now viewed in the region as a distant prospect.
How would an F-35 sale affect Israel Saudi regional balance?
The trade of F- 35 spurts to Saudi Arabia would significantly affect the indigenous balance of power and Israel's qualitative military edge in the Middle East. Presently, Israel is the only country in the region operating F- 35 covert fighters, which give advanced capabilities that maintain its military superiority.
Israeli officers have indicated they do n't oppose the trade outright but contend it be conditioned on Saudi Arabia completely normalizing relations with Israel, immaculately through joining the Abraham Accords.
Israel's main concern is that Saudi Arabia's closer geographic proximity to Israel makes the deployment of similar spurts potentially hanging . There are requests that any F- 35s Saudi Arabia acquires not be posted in bases near to Israel, especially west of the country.