Why is the US removing military assets from Saudi Arabia? | Inside Story

The United States is removing its Patriot anti-air missiles, and other weapons systems from Saudi Arabia. Donald Trump says it is part of an effort to scale back on a military presence that he says doesn’t benefit the U.S. American weapons and fighter jets were sent to the kindgom last year after Saudi-Aramco oil facilities were attacked. They were also intended as a deterrent, as tensions rose between Tehran and Washington. But the reduction in the U.S. military presence is believed by some to be based on