No Nukes for Cash: Oppose the Saudi Nuclear Deal

I urge you to oppose the Trump administration's nuclear agreement with Saudi Arabia, signed on July 22, 2026. This deal abandons fifty years of bipartisan American nonproliferation policy and trades U.S. national security for corporate profits. For decades, regardless of party, every American administration has held one principle: Middle Eastern countries can have nuclear power, but not the technology to enrich uranium domestically. Enrichment is the critical step toward weapons-grade material. The IAEA Additional Protocol became the gold standard for ensuring this separation. Even Senator Marco Rubio, now Secretary of State, previously supported requiring this protocol in nuclear agreements. The Saudi deal reverses this consensus. It permits enrichment through "feasibility studies," creating a pathway for Saudi Arabia to develop weapons-capable uranium. It explicitly lacks the IAEA Additional Protocol. This is not a minor concession. It opens the door to exactly what Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman promised in 2018: Saudi Arabia will pursue nuclear weapons if Iran does. We know what comes next. Egypt, Turkey, and the UAE will demand the same enrichment rights. Iran, already enriching uranium to 60% purity after Trump withdrew from the nuclear deal, will accelerate toward weapons capability. A multipolar nuclear Middle East is not regional stability. It is an existential catastrophe waiting to happen. Why did the Trump administration abandon a half-century of policy? Follow the money. Could it be because the Saudi's invested $2 Billion with Jared Kushner's Affinity Partners? U.S. companies stand to profit enormously from selling reactors over thirty years. An executive order from May 2025 instructed the State Department to pursue at least twenty new nuclear agreements. This is not nonproliferation policy. This is nonproliferation policy sold to the highest bidder. The administration will claim this deal is necessary for regional stability and countering Iran. But strengthening Saudi Arabia's position while simultaneously permitting enrichment does not reduce Iran's incentive to weaponize. It accelerates it. Every other regional power will conclude they need nuclear weapons too. Congress has ninety days under Section 123 of the Atomic Energy Act to halt this agreement. You have the power to stop this. Please use it. Tell the administration that America's security and our commitment to preventing nuclear war cannot be traded for corporate profits and short-term strategic gains.