Former White House chief of staff and Democratic politician Rahm Emanuel says he turned down bribes from the Saudi government while traveling to the country on a state visit with then President

Saudi Arabia is of key diplomatic importance to the Trump White House, especially amid the ongoing Israel-Hamas war.

President Donald Trump appeared in his first major foreign visit in Saudia Arabia on May 13. A video showed his eyes were closed, but not sleeping.

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Trump met with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman and attended a US-Saudi investment forum along with Elon Musk and other top CEOs.

Trump hopes to restart his first-term effort to normalize relations between the Middle East's major powers, Israel and Saudi Arabia. Trump's Abraham Accords effort led to Sudan, the UAE, Bahrain and Morocco agreeing to normalize relations with Israel.

Doha's plan to gift a Boeing 747-8I Boeing Business Jet (BBJ) to the USA for use as a presidential transport is still under review, as the Trump administration lists big aerospace defence deals in Qatar and Saudi Arabia.

Trump plans to address troops at Qatar’s al-Udeid Air Base, which was a major staging ground during the U.S. wars in Iraq and Afghanistan and supported the recent US air campaign against Yemen’s Iran-backed Houthis.