Trump arrives in Saudi Arabia for a lavish state visit

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76% : President Donald Trump boarded Air Force One and is headed to the Middle East for the first substantial trip abroad of his second term Susie Wiles and Karoline Leavitt are part of the staff accompanying Trump President Donald Trump (left) shakes hands with Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman (right) during the G20 leaders summit in Osaka, Japan in June 2019.
65% : Trump will jet to Doha on Wednesday, for a quick 24 hours spent in Qatar, a country that has helped facilitate the Hamas-Israel ceasefires and was a major staging area during the U.S.'s pullout of Afghanistan during the Biden administration.
62% : Trump was followed by the other U.S. officials in his delegation: Secretary of State Marco Rubio, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, Energy Secretary Chris Wright and Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick.
61% : Instead, Trump has filled the trip with top Cabinet members and senior staff including Leavitt, Chief of Staff Susie Wiles, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, Secretary of Commerce Howard Lutnick, Secretary of State Marco Rubio, Energy Secretary Chris Wright and Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent.
59% : Trump toured the opulent aircraft when it was parked in West Palm Beach in February.
58% : That means Trump could continue to fly the 'palace in the sky' after leaving office.
57% : The White House added that Kushner was critical to some of Trump's first administration successes including the historic Abraham Accords. White House Communications Director Steven Cheung told CNN there is 'no question' Trump values Kushner's expertise and 'welcomes his advice on all areas where he is willing to be helpful.' Ivanka Trump, who accompanied her father to Saudi Arabia on his previous presidential trip there in 2017 when she was as White House adviser, is also sitting this one out.
56% : Trump will spend Tuesday and Wednesday morning in Saudi Arabia before jetting off to Doha, Qatar and then Abu Dhabi, the capital of the United Arab Emirates.
54% : The White House has yet to release a schedule for the back-half of the trip, but Trump will likely play up UAE's participation in the Abraham Accords.
53% : Trump sees a ceasefire and moving on from the war as a win - and White House envoy Steve Witkoff has been engaged in negotiations with Qatar, Egypt and Hamas in recent days, Axios reported, in hopes that a new Gaza deal could have been announced ahead of the trip. Ivanka and Jared in Israel in May 2017 Eric Trump, executive vice president of the Trump Organization and the US president's son, attends the signing ceremony with Qatar's Diar and Dar Global in Doha on April 30, 2025.
50% : From there Trump will head to the Royal Court for more pomp to kick off his Tuesday visit - which will conclude with a state dinner.
44% : Meetings with MBS will kick off Trump's three and a half day trip to the Middle East Ivanka Trump accompanied her father to Saudi Arabia in 2017 Jared Kusher (center) is reportedly still quietly advising Trump on the trip Eric signed the Trump family's first development deal in Qatar to build a golf course and residential villas near the capital Doha, including an 18-hole Trump International Golf Course and Trump Villas.
42% : Several Arab newspapers have reported that Trump will meet with Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas, Syrian President Ahmad al-Sharaa, and Lebanese President Joseph Aoun while on the ground with Saudi.
36% : Trump confirmed the deal in a Truth Social post Sunday night.
34% : However, Kushner is reportedly still quietly and remotely advising Trump on the trip according to CNN.
32% : Sharaa also planned to pitch a detente with Israel and U.S. access to Syria's oil and gas, if Trump agrees to remove sanctions on the country after the Assad regime was toppled in December.
27% : In all three countries Trump will aim, at a minimum, to announce economic deals - with hopes that progress can be made on some complicated geopolitical issues as well.
23% : One source told CNN it's a 'security nightmare' for the Secret Service On Sunday, ABC News reported that during this portion of the trip, Trump would accept a luxury Boeing 747-8 jumbo jet from the royal family of Qatar to use as a new Air Force One - as the two Air Force One replacements have been mired in delays and cost overruns.

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