Rioters storm the West Front of the U.S. Capitol Jan. 6, 2021, in Washington.

In rambling remarks delivered on Tuesday, a day after he was officially certified as the president-elect, Donald Trump trotted out a luxury real estate developer from Dubai who said he wants to invest in US data centres.

Trump then pivoted to other complaints, including the name of the Gulf of Mexico and apparently blaming Hezbollah for the violent pro-Trump mob that attacked the US Capitol on Jan 6, 2021.

Hussain Sajwani, an Emirati billionaire and the founder of DAMAC group, spoke briefly at the top of the press conference, telling reporters he intends to invest $20 billion in data centres “catering to AI” across the US.

Neither Trump nor Sajwani offered specifics beyond a vague “first phase” that will take place in Texas, Arizona, Oklahoma, Louisiana, Ohio, Illinois, Michigan and Indiana.

Trump took questions from reporters near the end of the roughly hour-long remarks, during which he pledged to make “major pardons” for people convicted of participating in the Jan 6, 2021, insurrection at the US Capitol.

Asked if he intends to pardon anyone convicted of violent offences for their actions that day, Trump dodged — instead appearing to blame both the FBI and Hezbollah, an Iran-backed militant group in Lebanon, for the........

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