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Saudi crown prince says kingdom intends to invest $600 billion in U.S. over next 4 years

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Saudi Arabia’s crown prince said the kingdom wants to invest $600 billion in the United States over the next four years .

Comments came in a phone call with President Donald Trump on Thursday .

The U.S. in recent years has increasingly pulled away from relying on Saudi oil exports.

The pledge comes as the kingdom faces budgetary pressures of its own.