US Trump Arrives in Saudi Arabia to Kick Off First Major Foreign Trip

Addis A baba 13, 2025 (ENA)—Trump is visiting three countries in the Middle-East — Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates and Qatar.

Besides the beginning of a three-nation visit to the region, this is the first international trip of Trump's second administration.

Saudi Arabia is the first stop on a four-day trip to the Middle East for Trump, and he was greeted on the tarmac at the airport in Riyadh by the kingdom's de facto ruler, Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman.

Trump received a warm welcome from Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman at King Khalid International Airport in Riyadh.

The president descended from Air Force One onto a purple carpet that had been rolled out for the official greeting at the Royal Terminal. Saudi F-15 military jets escorted Air Force One as it approached the kingdom’s capital.

The president and the crown prince were set to hold private talks on a wide range of topics, from dismantling Iran's nuclear program to efforts to end the war in Gaza and to keep oil prices in check.

Trump also visited Saudi Arabia before any other nation during his first term in the White House, bucking the tradition for U.S.

 

presidents to make their first foreign trip to the United Kingdom.

"Last time I went to Saudi Arabia, they put up 450 million USD," Trump told reporters in March, while pledging to make the visit again should there be another investment in American companies.