May 14th, 2025
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Trump went to Saudi Arabia and talked with the leader about Iran, Gaza, and oil.
Prince Mohammed met Trump when he got off the plane.
The two leaders went to a large room at the airport in Riyadh. People there gave Trump and his helpers Arabic coffee. The people wore special belts with guns.
Before the big plane landed, other planes flew with it. They flew near the capital city.
Trump and Prince Mohammed ate lunch at the Royal Court. Some important business people came. Stephen Schwarzman, Larry Fink, and Elon Musk were there.
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Later, the prince will have dinner with Trump. Trump will also go to a business conference on Tuesday.
Saudi Minister Khalid al-Falih said: "When people from Saudi Arabia and America work together, good things happen."
Saudi Arabia and other countries helped Trump by making more oil. Trump thinks low oil prices are good because they help people and stop high prices. Also, lower oil prices might help stop the war in Ukraine.
Saudi Arabia gets a lot of money from oil. The country needs this money to pay for its costs. The price of oil changes, and this can make it hard for Saudi Arabia to have enough money.
When oil is cheap, it is harder for Gulf countries to change their economies.
Trump wanted to go to Saudi Arabia first.
He wanted to go there because Saudi Arabia said they would give money to the US.
But Trump went to Italy last month for the Pope's funeral.
Saudi Arabia was the first country Trump visited in his first time as president.
The president will visit three countries: Saudi Arabia, Qatar, and the United Arab Emirates. In these places, the Trump family has big building projects. For example, they are building a tall building in Jeddah, a nice hotel in Dubai, and a place with houses and a golf course in Qatar.
Trump wants to show his way of working with other countries is good.
He may talk about agreements with three rich countries.
But Trump came to the Middle East. His friends there, Israel and Saudi Arabia, did not agree with him.
Before the trip, Trump said the U.S. will stop bombing in Yemen. He said the Houthis will stop attacking ships.
The US did not tell Israel about the plan before the president talked about it. This was not the first time.
In March, the leader of Israel didn't know about the talks with Hamas until after they started. He also didn't know about the talks with Iran. The US President told him about these talks later.
Israel will be safe, Netanyahu said.
William Wechsler said it was strange that Trump did not visit Israel on his first trip to the Middle East.
Wechsler said the Gulf countries are good friends with Trump. He said they are better friends than Israel is now.
Trump wants Israel and Saudi Arabia to be friends. He helped some other countries become friends with Israel before.
Saudi Arabia wants help from the U.S. to be friends with Israel. They want help for safety and a nuclear program. They also want a country for Palestinians. But it is hard now because of the war in Gaza.
Last week, Prince Mohammed met with Hussein Sheikh in Jeddah. Hussein Sheikh is the Vice President of Palestine. This was his first trip outside his country since he started his job in April.
Hussain Abdul-Hussain said Saudi Arabia wants to help the Palestinian people before they make a deal with Israel.
Abdul-Hussain said the Saudis do not want to help make peace.
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