Saudi Arabia signed a deal with the USA to purchase weaponry worth nearly $142 billion, the White House reported. The transaction is part of a larger plan in which the Saudis intend to invest $600 billion in the United States economy.

The United States agreed on Tuesday to sell Saudi Arabia an arms package worth nearly $142 billion, according to a White House fact sheet that called it "the largest defense cooperation agreement" Washington has ever done.

As President Donald Trump tours the Middle East, the United States and Saudi Arabia signed a historic $142 billion arms deal that according to the White House was the largest defense sales agreement in history.