The enduring legacy of President Trump's trip to the Gulf may be the transformation of the Middle East into a global artificial intelligence powerhouse, despite massive risks to the U.S. Why it matters: The Biden administration saw the Gulf as a backdoor for China to gain access to the computing power needed to advance AI.

President Donald Trump said on Friday on his last stop on a Gulf tour focused on business deals that the United Arab Emirates and the United States had agreed a path for the Gulf country to buy advanced AI semiconductors from U.

President Trump announced a new deal with the UAE to build a massive datacenter complex focused on artificial intelligence.