here again you are showing lack of knowledge about this matter. Vision 2030 is about creating healthy society through Sports, Culture, Tourism and introducing Arabic Soft Power to wider world. tech/investment are enabling factor.There's nothing particularly advanced about any of the Arab states, otherwise MBS wouldn't be pushing his Vision 2030 agenda. TBF, the House of Saud's desire to advance Saudi Arabia technologically and industrially is absolutely laudable, but it is also an implicit and clear acknowledgment of Arabic backwardness.
see this SoftBank name associated with Saudi Golf.
The PIF Saudi International powered by SoftBank Investment Advisers will return to the Kingdom for a second year in a row. Taking place on 19th - 22nd November, it retains its position as the season-ender for the International Series
Welcome to our vision of a vibrant society in Saudi Arabia.
Bigger amounts enhance Trump standing. Arab Royals will get richer from Trump actions. They understand American system better than anyone else. and who knows what kind of info they getting from US about rest of the world.Some of the GCC member states are indeed quite wealthy on a per capita basis, but being treated like an ATM by an American administration led by a reality TV star turned populist demagogue named Donald Trump is not a display of soft power, or anything to brag about.
In fact, paying such exorbitant sums of protection money, or even fractions thereof, communicate weakness, as in severe inadequacies in hard power and a near total lack of soft power: