Fighter jets, chandeliers, a Cybertruck: See the pomp of Trump's Middle East visit

Leaders successful Saudi Arabia and Qatar pulled retired the stops this week for President Donald Trump's multi-day circuit to the Middle East, including decor, subject displays and, yes, a Tesla Cybertruck.

It is the archetypal large overseas travel of Trump's 2nd term, making a plaything done the 3 affluent gulf nations of Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates and Qatar, focusing connected economical and concern deals successful a portion beset with geopolitical volatility.

White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt said Trump is making the travel for "commerce and taste exchanges."

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Trump's lavender-purple carpet-lined accomplishment successful Saudi Arabia

Trump was greeted with elaborate pomp and ceremonial successful Saudi Arabia’s superior Tuesday, overmuch similar his archetypal authoritative sojourn successful 2017.

His accomplishment into Saudi airspace was flanked by an escort of F-15 combatant jets, landing astatine the King Khalid International Airport Royal Terminal to an awaiting lavender carpet lined by riders connected Arabian horses, guards successful regalia and a unrecorded band. He was greeted by Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, the de-facto person of the Gulf kingdom.

On Tuesday, May 13, Trump's sojourn included a java ceremony, information successful a Saudi-U.S concern forum, a sojourn to a UNESCO World Heritage Site and an extravagant authorities dinner.

His sojourn is simply a divergence from the contented among modern U.S. presidents to sojourn Mexico oregon Canada during their archetypal overseas trip, which comes aft his medication levied tariffs against the neighboring nations aboriginal successful his term.

Trump's sojourn places economical deals astatine the fore, and kicked disconnected the sojourn with the announcement of a $600 cardinal committedness from Saudi Arabia to put successful the U.S. and a $142 cardinal U.S. arms bundle for the oil-rich nation.

The president besides announced during his sojourn the U.S. volition assistance long-standing sanctions connected Syria and met with the nation's president, Ahmed al-Sharaa, urging him to normalize ties with Israel.

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Trump gets reddish carpet attraction upon his accomplishment successful Qatar

Trump's 2nd time began with a likewise carpet-lined arrival, this clip reddish successful color. His sojourn to the state comes amid backlash astatine home aft the president signaled helium whitethorn judge a Boeing 747 from the authorities of Qatar arsenic the adjacent statesmanlike aircraft. The connection has sparked questions astir overseas power connected his medication and furthers concerns implicit Trump's adjacent concern ties with the region.

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Not to beryllium outdone, Qatar's reception of the U.S. president featured its ain combatant pitchy escort of Air Force One, and reddish Tesla Cybertrucks accompanied the motorcade connected the ground.

Kathryn Palmer is simply a nationalist trending quality newsman for USA TODAY. You tin scope her astatine kapalmer@usatoday.com and connected X @KathrynPlmr.

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