Addressing the World Economic Forum being held at Davos virtually, Donald Trump said he was surprised that it did not happen before his election.

US President Donald Trump on Thursday said he will pressure Saudi Arabia and the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) to decrease oil prices. Trump was addressing OPEC and other world leaders gathered in Davos on Thursday.

In fact, the Saudi Press Agency’s announcement that the kingdom would invest $600bn was based on the royal palace’s readout of a Wednesday phone call between Trump and Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman. This is Trump’s first phone call with a foreign leader since his inauguration earlier this week.

During a speech to the World Economic Forum on Thursday, President Donald Trump pressured the Saudi Crown Prince to increase his planned $600 billion investment in the U.S. "to a round $1 trillion" and to lower the global price of oil.

U.S. President Donald Trump on Thursday announced he would be asking Saudi Arabia and OPEC to bring down the cost of oil and said he would be asking Riyadh to increase a planned U.S. investment package to $1 trillion from an initial $600 billion.

President Donald Trump touted a new $600 billion investment from Saudi Arabia during a speech to world leaders in Davos.

The president's remarks follow an announcement by Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince that the kingdom will invest $600 billion in the US.

US President Donald Trump said the russia-Ukraine war would "end immediately" if oil prices fell.His words were quoted by The Guardian on Thursday, January

Trump said he planned to ask the oil cartel to lower prices, which he said would lead to a swift end to Russia's war in Ukraine.

U.S. President Donald Trump on Thursday said he will demand Saudi Arabia and OPEC bring down the cost of oil and will ask Riyadh to increase a planned U.S. investment package to $1 trillion from an initial reported $600 billion.

Saudi Arabian Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman told President Donald Trump that the kingdom wants to put $600 billion into expanded investment and trade with the United States over the next four years, the Saudi State news agency said early on Thursday.

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