Trump Approves Saudi Nuclear Deal Allowing Uranium Enrichment, Breaking From UAE Gold Standard

President Trump approved a 30-year civilian nuclear pact permitting Saudi Arabia to enrich uranium and potentially reprocess plutonium on its soil, the WSJ and NYT reported. The deal falls below the UAE's 2009 "gold standard," which barred both activities. It may also omit the IAEA Additional Protocol. Trump is expected to submit the agreement to Congress, which gets roughly 90 days to object.