It is expected that Saudi Arabia's relations with the United States will be subjected to a severe test with President Donald Trump leaving the White House on January 20, and Riyadh’s relations with Washington during President Trump’s rule witnessed historical developments that are completely different from what the two countries ’relations have known since their inception more than 75 years ago. .

Riyadh sought, at the hands of Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, to establish a new pattern of relations by personalizing relations to an unprecedented manner between the White House and the Saudi House of Government, which threatens the continuation of the strategy of relations between the two countries.

At the hands of President Theodore Roosevelt and King Abdulaziz Al Saud, special and strategic relations were established that centered around Washington's guarantee of Saudi Arabia's security and the security of its borders, in exchange for providing oil to the United States and global markets at reasonable prices, and the relationship was not based primarily on any personal chemistry between two leaders, nor on roles They perform it in other people's perceptions of the region's future, months after the meeting, President Roosevelt passed away, and after 7 years King Abdulaziz passed away, and King Abdulaziz succeeded his children, starting with King Saud, then Faisal, then Khalid, then Fahd, then Abdullah, and then King Salman.

On the American side came Democratic President Truman, Republican Eisenhower, Democrat Kennedy, Democrat Johnson, Republican Nixon, Republican Ford, Democrat Carter, Republican Reagan, Republican Bush Sr., Democrat Clinton, Republican Bush Jr., then Democrat Obama, all the way to Donald Trump.

The death of a Saudi king or the change of an American president did not affect the fundamentals of Riyadh and Washington’s relations, and hence the special relations between them have withstood major crises.

For example, the repercussions of the October war on the oil market, the Iranian revolution, the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait, the events of September 11, the Arab Spring, the nuclear agreement and the JASTA law.

With the arrival of Trump to power in January 2017, and the subsequent arrival of Mohammed bin Salman to the throne in June of the same year, the special strategic relations between the two countries moved to personal relations that depend on chemistry between Trump and his son-in-law Jared Kushner on the one hand, and the Crown Prince. Saudi from another side.

In his book "Fear: Trump in the White House," the famous writer Bob Woodward shows how special relations were built between his son-in-law, Kushner and Mohammed bin Salman, and how senior American diplomats were excluded from Kushner's one-on-one meetings with bin Salman, which spanned the early morning hours.

Bob Woodward's book "Anger" revealed President Trump's boast that he had saved Mohammed bin Salman from congressional interference after the assassination of Jamal Khashoggi, and Trump added, "I have succeeded in persuading Congress to leave him alone."

Some commentators pointed to the risks that the future of Saudi-American relations would be jeopardized.

Because of what some have called the "Bin Salman and Jared Kushner Alliance".

The writer shows how special relations were built between Kushner and Bin Salman, as Kushner was authorized to plan Trump's first foreign visit, which took him to Riyadh.

Kushner believed, according to Woodward, that the visit served the goal of bringing Saudi Arabia and Israel together on one front against Iran, which would pave the way for a direct dialogue between Riyadh and Tel Aviv later.

Kushner's steps toward Saudi Arabia have raised concern among the American agencies, and ministries such as the State, Defense and Intelligence Services have complained that Kushner's methods, which rely on personal relationships instead of the usual diplomatic and political channels, have great risks, especially with the officials of the relevant departments not being informed of the content of what is being conducted. Between them behind closed doors.

The murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi shook the relations of the two countries, especially with the stance taken by the White House to stand by Mohammed bin Salman.

Bob Woodward's book "Anger" revealed President Trump's boast that he had saved Mohammed bin Salman from congressional interference after the assassination of Jamal Khashoggi, and Trump added, "I have succeeded in persuading Congress to leave him alone."

What has come out so far on the part of President-elect Joe Biden and the staff of his administration towards Saudi Arabia is not at all auspicious to the Saudi crown prince, perhaps signing an agreement with Israel is the prize or the deposit that Riyadh offers to the new administration after its bet on Trump collided with his loss in the elections.

Biden has criticized in a number of press interviews during his presidential campaign the unlimited support that Trump provides to the Saudi crown prince, and Biden indicated that Trump finds justifications for the Saudi crown prince far from the facts, and this harms the United States and its international reputation, and he also called Biden to end the support American for the Saudi war on Yemen.

In the end, Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman's pursuit of establishing relations with the United States based on the personalization of relations in an unprecedented manner between the White House and the Saudi ruling house represented a threat to the strategy of relations between Washington and Riyadh.

Mohammed bin Salman's control over all centers of power within the complex Saudi system of government doubled until the end of the existence of complex US relations with the Saudi state’s security, economic, military and political centers.

The gathering of all these circles in the hands of Mohammed bin Salman, his extensive and personal investment in the Trump administration, and his mockery of the Democrats predicts a broad review of bilateral relations on the part of Washington.