Touting creation of jobs and revenue, President Donald Trump’s vivacity while stating the US-Saudi relationship is second to none. His notion that puts America first, goes through an oil funnel, well connected to Saudi Arabia.

Selling arms worth billions of dollars, while brushing aside the catastrophes that follow, the Trump-Saudi relationship has reached its epitome in lately.

However, not only is Trump-Saudi bond at its peak, the paramount of debt on America has also significantly risen. Living under the short-sighted vision of taking control over external affairs, America’s bargaining power is likely to face the consequences, courtesy Trump.

As per the latest reported figures, the nation nearly doubled its ownership of Treasuries to $177 billion. After prominently restricting the rise in debt until 2016, the numbers started following an upward trajectory since Trump’s election in November that year.

Looking at the plausible explanations for rise in debt — revenue hikes because of petrodollar income, a shift out in negative-yielding bonds, and a major aversion of risk for the economy — none can duly satisfy such a significant rise in numbers. Likewise, the US deficits have grown even more because of Trump’s tax cuts, which have not necessarily helped America’s financing needs, but further pushed it down the sinkhole.

Despite all the prevailing factors, the US-Saudi relationship has grown leaps and bounds. Further, as long as Trump continues to defend Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman (MbS), and shut humanity in the face, the problems would only continue to pile up. So, whether it’s children dying in Yemen or journalists getting murdered, nothing would really wind Donald Trump until the oil taps are open.

“It’s a relationship where one hand washes the other,” said Martin Indyk, a distinguished fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations and a former U.S. special envoy to the Middle East during the Clinton administration.

From the end of October 2016, through April of this year, Saudi Arabia increased its ownership of treasuries from $97 billion to $177 billion. Recorded as 83 per cent jump, the number is by far the biggest among the nation’s foreign creditors.

In a sign that Saudi Arabia’s ownership is influenced by one reason or the other, it is known that the US’ foreign-reserve assets have barely improved, despite country’s excessive holding of treasuries. Therefore, the move indicates that Saudi is injecting more cash to fill its deficit gap, whilst ramping up its domestic spending.

On the other hand, the move is also believed to be somewhat politically motivated, especially as the price of Brent crude oil rose just a notch over 50% from the end of Oct. 2016 to April this year. Therefore, with America under debt, and Trump on Saudi’s side, the future looks really dark.