President Trump was handled to an elaborate royal welcoming to Riyadh, Saudi Arabia early Tuesday the place he was greeted by Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman and a whole bunch if not hundreds of navy, authorities and enterprise officers.
Trump walked off of Air Drive One and onto a lavender carpet rolled out at King Khalid Worldwide Airport and entered the royal terminal with the crown prince, who additionally greeted Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Protection Secretary Pete Hegseth.
Whereas Air Drive One was approaching Saudi Arabia, a few half hour from touchdown, Saudi F-15 fighter jets appeared on either side of the president’s airplane and escorted it at shut proximity, in accordance with a reporter touring on the airplane with the president.
The crown prince greeted Trump once more when he arrived on the Royal Court docket, the place one other lavender carpet was rolled out. Trump’s motorcade was escorted by riders on Arabian horses and horns have been taking part in as he acquired out of his automotive.
The Star Spangled Banner performed as did the Saudi nationwide anthem earlier than Trump and the crown prince went contained in the palace for the espresso ceremony together with a whole bunch of attendees.
They embrace FIFA president Gianni Infantino, Blackstone Group CEO Stephen Schwarzman, BlackRock CEO Larry Fink, IBM CEO Arvind Krishna, Boeing CEO Arvind Krishna, Amazon CEO Andy Jassy, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, LinkedIn cofounder Reid Hoffman and Miami Mayor Francis Suarez.
A delegation of U.S. and Saudi journalists are additionally in attendance.
The president greeted all of the Saudi Arabian company and different attendees noticed on the espresso together with Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and deputy chief of employees Stephen Miller. Chief of employees Susie Wiles has additionally joined Trump on the journey.
Later within the day, Trump is anticipated to attend a Saudi-U.S. Funding Discussion board on the King Abdul Aziz Worldwide Convention Middle and attend a state dinner at Diriyah At-Turaif, a world heritage web site.
Saudi Arabia is the primary cease on Trump’s Center East journey. Later this week he’ll journey to the United Arab Emiterate and Qatar, which each border Saudi Arabia.
