SpaceWar.com reports: “US President Donald Trump said Thursday a nuclear deal with Iran was close that would avert military action, as he toured Gulf capitals, securing $1.4 trillion in 10-year investments from Abu Dhabi.

Trump made the Iran remarks in Qatar before flying on to the United Arab Emirates for the third and final leg of the tour that began in Saudi Arabia.

The UAE vowed to invest $1.4 trillion in the US economy over 10 years, the latest in a raft of multi-billion pledges and deals secured during Trump’s Gulf tour, which also saw Washington lifting decades-long sanctions on Syria.

‘We’re not going to be making any nuclear dust in Iran,’ Trump said earlier in Doha. ‘I think we’re getting close to maybe doing a deal without having to do this,’ he said, referring to military action…”