【Breaking: Oil Tycoon Splurges Cash! A Familiar Scene Reappears!】
Washington and Riyadh are staging a "Century-Long Lavish Deal" — The White House announced on Tuesday that the U.S. has reached the largest single military sales order in history with Saudi Arabia: a $142 billion arms package is officially packed and shipped! What does this number mean? It’s equivalent to shipping $380 million worth of tanks and planes to Saudi Arabia every day, enough to circle the Earth three and a half times!
What’s even more explosive is that this is just the "Tycoon Package" appetizer — as a complement, Saudi Arabia has also promised to invest $600 billion in the U.S. in a "Massive Investment Package," covering hard-core areas such as new energy, infrastructure, and technology. Netizens humorously commented: "This is not a military sale; it's clearly an annual bonus for the U.S. military paid in petrodollars!" "I suggest Hollywood directly remake the documentary ‘The Joys of Oil Tycoons You Can't Imagine’!"
It’s worth noting that this deal happens to fall at a delicate moment in the Middle East situation. Analysts point out that Saudi Arabia and the U.S. are attempting to reconstruct regional discourse power with a "Dollar + Oil + Arms" iron triangle, but whether the $142 billion arsenal is a "security shield" or a "firecracker igniter" will likely depend on how the future script unfolds.
(Scene to imagine: The Saudi royal family's checkbook tearing loudly, American military giants smiling with crow's feet, and the Middle East map silently shivering...)