Posted on 03/31/2025 10:49:00 PM PDT by KingofZion
President Trump is planning to visit Saudi Arabia, Qatar and potentially the United Arab Emirates in the coming weeks, though he said that plans are still being finalized.
“I have a very good relationship with the Middle East,” Trump said on Monday in the Oval Office. On timing, he said, “It could be next month, maybe a little bit later.”
Trump said that he was good friends with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman. Riyadh was one of the places Trump visited during his first term in 2017, when the kingdom announced a series of weapons sales and commercial deals that the U.S. valued at around $350 billion total.
“They’ve agreed to spend close to a trillion dollars in American companies, which to me means jobs,” Trump said of the Saudi government.
The trip plans were earlier reported by Axios. A White House official said the plans weren’t yet settled. “An opportunity for international travel for the president is something that is being looked at....
The Middle East has become increasingly important to Trump’s agenda. Saudi Arabia is hosting U.S.-brokered talks between Ukraine and Russia, while Riyadh also leads the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries oil consortium. In January, Trump told the World Economic Forum that he wanted OPEC to lower prices so that it could harm Russia’s economy and potentially stifle the continuing war.
Qatar, meanwhile, is a mediator for the U.S. in efforts to stop the war in Gaza between Israel and Hamas and secure the release of hostages. Qatar also has helped the U.S. bring back wrongfully detained Americans from Afghanistan and hosts an important U.S. air base, Al Udeid.
***Trump has said that he could meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Saudi Arabia. It isn’t clear if that would be part of the trip.
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And he should stop over in Israel
His first trip during his first term was S.A. too. Trump is not a stupid man.
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