Prospective President Donald Trump commenced a media briefing at Mar-a-Lago on January 7 by revealing a commercial arrangement. Additional data facilities, he proclaimed, were coming to America thanks to an entrepreneur from Dubai.

“We’re privileged to present one of the most esteemed business figures in the Middle East, indeed globally. He is the originator and leader of Damac Properties, Hussain Sajwani. Highly regarded gentleman,” Trump declared. “I’m excited to announce today that Damac is committing at least $20 billion over a notably brief timeframe into the United States, and they might increase, or even surpass that sum of capital considerably. It’s an excellent development, and I suspect he will mention he’s doing it because he felt considerably motivated by the election.”

“The funding will facilitate substantial new data centers across the midwest, the Sunbelt region, and also to maintain America at the forefront of innovation and AI, he has a strong inclination towards data centers, and that’s expected to become a popular matter in the forthcoming years, as you are aware, particularly with AI…the initial phase of the venture will occur in Texas, Arizona, Oklahoma, Louisiana, Ohio, Illinois, Michigan, and Indiana. Those locations.”

Trump and Sajwani have maintained a friendship since roughly 2007 and forged a business alliance a few years subsequently. Sajwani contributed between $1 to $5 million to back Trump’s initial campaign and was the brainchild behind the Trump International Golf Club in Dubai, inaugurated in 2017. Upon the club’s opening, Donald Jr. attended to pose for photographers and promote his father. Naturally, there were inquiries about Trump and Sajwani’s close commercial association during Trump’s first administration, but they faded amidst numerous investigations.

Currently, just a fortnight before assuming the presidency once more, Trump stated he’d secured his ally a lucrative data center agreement in the U.S. Following an explanation of the data centers’ potential locations, Trump invited the Dubai magnate to speak to the assembly.

Sajwani quickly concluded his comments. Stepping back into the spotlight, Trump addressed the press for an additional hour. As is customary, he made numerous alarming statements.

Trump criticized wind energy, alleging that the turbines are detrimental to whales. “You observe what’s occurring in the Massachusetts vicinity with the whales where they experienced two whales beaching over, I believe, 17 years. And now there are 14 this season. The windmills are causing distress among the whales. Clearly,” he mentioned.

He also mentioned intentions to rename the Gulf of Mexico. “We’re going to rename the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America… the Gulf of America, what a splendid name.”

He continued for a lengthy duration on an array of topics, traversing through various peculiar subjects. As the press briefing concluded, and after the creation of unconventional headlines, it’s quite convenient to overlook that the session began with a mention of a Middle Eastern tycoon who aided in constructing a golf course in Dubai and promised, visibly, that he would assist the entrepreneur in acquiring what was necessary to establish data centers across the U.S. within a preferential agreement.