During the first major foreign trip of his second term, President Trump has told audiences in the Middle East that he’s willing to set the past aside in the interests of peace and profit.
President Trump visiting the Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque in Abu Dhabi on Thursday. “I have never believed in having permanent enemies,” Mr. Trump said in a speech on Tuesday. “I am different than a lot of people think.”
President Trump declared that the United States would no longer be “giving you lectures on how to live” on Tuesday during an investment conference in the Saudi capital of Riyadh.
The Saudi crown prince gave President Trump a warm and opulent welcome, reflecting the amity between a royal family and presidential family with diplomatic and business alliances.
President Trump descended stairs covered in a lavender carpet to be greeted by Prince Mohammed bin Salman and an honor guard on Tuesday in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.