Trump Travels To Middle East For Trip That Starts In Saudi Arabia

3 hours ago In the build up to the trip, Washington has taken a number of actions that are positive for Saudi Arabia. An agreement to stop U.S. bombing of the Houthis in Yemen is in line with a Saudi ceasefire there. Washington has also delinked civil nuclear talks from the normalization question.

Trump's Saudi trip is his first formal state visit and second foreign trip since his re-election, after attending the pope's funeral in Rome. He will also visit Qatar and the United Arab Emirates.