Trump says normalization required to advance Saudi nuclear deal

CNN: Trump was frustrated by the U.S. energy secretary's announcement of a U.S.-Saudi agreement on the nuclear program without informing him first. The administration also faced criticism from conservative media and nuclear nonproliferation experts, some of whom argued the deal granted Saudi Arabia nuclear cooperation without requiring normalization with Israel. Trump publicly reaffirmed that normalization is a condition for moving forward and denied that the deal would allow Saudi Arabia to enrich uranium. The reversal surprised U.S. negotiators and Saudi officials, who viewed the agreement as a major diplomatic achievement.