{"id":28073,"date":"2025-05-20T09:01:54","date_gmt":"2025-05-20T09:01:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/medexperts.pro\/?p=28073"},"modified":"2025-05-20T09:26:41","modified_gmt":"2025-05-20T09:26:41","slug":"gulf-deal-making-spree-also-benefited-elon-musk-and-his-family","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/?p=28073","title":{"rendered":"Gulf Deal-Making Spree Also Benefited Elon Musk and His Family"},"content":{"rendered":"
<\/div>\n

The world\u2019s richest man inked new deals as he tagged along on Trump\u2019s tour of the Gulf.<\/p>\n

\n
\n
\n

President Trump\u2019s recent trip to the Persian Gulf was notable for the ways that American foreign policy overlapped with his family\u2019s business interests. But another powerful White House figure also cut lucrative deals in the region last week: Elon Musk.<\/p>\n

Tagging along on Mr. Trump\u2019s state visit to Saudi Arabia last week, Mr. Musk, the world\u2019s wealthiest man, announced that his company SpaceX had secured approval to provide its Starlink satellite internet services to companies there.<\/p>\n

As Mr. Trump carried on to Abu Dhabi, where the financial district\u2019s towers were illuminated to resemble American flags, Mr. Musk\u2019s company Neuralink announced a deal. That company, which makes implantable brain chips, said it would conduct a clinical trial in Abu Dhabi with the local health ministry.<\/p>\n

The terms of both deals were not disclosed. On Thursday, Bloomberg reported<\/a> that SpaceX was in talks over providing internet service to Emirates Airlines, which is owned by the government.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

<\/div>\n
\n
\n

Mr. Musk occupies a unique role, even for an administration that has shattered norms around governance and private deal-making. He has attended cabinet meetings and wields incredible power to cut programs across the government \u2014 all while operating companies that profit from federal spending and foreign contracts.<\/p>\n

He and his family have riches at stake in the Persian Gulf, a region whose autocratic monarchies have tried to cultivate closer ties to the West. In doing so, its leaders have courted international executives, invested in big-name sports leagues or teams and at times, authorities say, bribed<\/a> lawmakers<\/a> and their family members<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\n
\n
<\/div>\n
\n
\n
\n

We are having trouble retrieving the article content.<\/p>\n

Please enable JavaScript in your browser settings.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

\n
\n

Thank you for your patience while we verify access. If you are in Reader mode please exit and\u00a0log into<\/a>\u00a0your Times account, or\u00a0subscribe<\/a>\u00a0for all of The Times.<\/p>\n

\n<\/div>\n
\n
\n

Thank you for your patience while we verify access.<\/p>\n

Already a subscriber?\u00a0Log in<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Want all of The Times?\u00a0Subscribe<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The world\u2019s richest man inked new deals as he tagged along on Trump\u2019s tour of the Gulf.President Trump\u2019s recent trip to the Persian Gulf was notable for the ways that American foreign policy overlapped with his family\u2019s business interests. But another powerful White House figure also cut lucrative deals in the region last week: Elon Musk.Tagging along on Mr. Trump\u2019s state visit to Saudi Arabia last week, Mr. Musk, the world\u2019s wealthiest man, announced that his company SpaceX had secured approval to provide its Starlink satellite internet services to companies there.As Mr. Trump carried on to Abu Dhabi, where the financial district\u2019s towers were illuminated to resemble American flags, Mr. Musk\u2019s company Neuralink announced a deal. That company, which makes implantable brain chips, said it would conduct a clinical trial in Abu Dhabi with the local health ministry.The terms of both deals were not disclosed. On Thursday, Bloomberg reported that SpaceX was in talks over providing internet service to Emirates Airlines, which is owned by the government.Mr. Musk occupies a unique role, even for an administration that has shattered norms around governance and private deal-making. He has attended cabinet meetings and wields incredible power to cut programs across the government \u2014 all while operating companies that profit from federal spending and foreign contracts.He and his family have riches at stake in the Persian Gulf, a region whose autocratic monarchies have tried to cultivate closer ties to the West. In doing so, its leaders have courted international executives, invested in big-name sports leagues or teams and at times, authorities say, bribed lawmakers and their family members.We are having trouble retrieving the article content.Please enable JavaScript in your browser settings.Thank you for your patience while we verify access. If you are in Reader mode please exit and\u00a0log into\u00a0your Times account, or\u00a0subscribe\u00a0for all of The Times.Thank you for your patience while we verify access.Already a subscriber?\u00a0Log in.Want all of The Times?\u00a0Subscribe.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":28075,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-28073","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-technology"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28073","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=28073"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28073\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":28076,"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28073\/revisions\/28076"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/28075"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=28073"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=28073"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=28073"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}