Donald Trump has waded into the furor over his administration’s reported, but as yet unpublished, nuclear deal with Saudi Arabia, posting on Truth Social that it precludes any future Saudi uranium enrichment program and is contingent on Riyadh joining the so-called Abraham Accords with Israel.

Let’s hope that is, for want of a better word, truthful. The administration has some strong arguments for making such an agreement. Top of the list is the concern that Riyadh will eventually go to Russia or China if Washington refuses to supply nuclear technology. Then comes the parlous state of the U.S.-Saudi alliance, which needs the kind of positive intervention that such an agreement would provide.

Moreover, like any other nation, the Kingdom has the right and the rationale to add nuclear power to its civilian energy mix. And let’s not forget the commercial gain that would result for U.S. companies. But all of this misses the forest for the trees, because two tests that override all other considerations must be applied here.