Trump hosts Saudi Crown Prince for pomp-filled visit, security deals expected
• Nov 18, 2025, 5:09 PM
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President Donald Trump hosted Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman to the White House on Tuesday, with the Saudi de facto ruler seeking to further rehabilitate his global image after the 2018 killing of US-based journalist Jamal Khashoggi and deepen ties with Washington.
Making his first White House visit in more than seven years, the crown prince was greeted with a lavish display of pomp and ceremony presided over by Trump on the South Lawn, complete with a military honor guard, a cannon salute and a flyover by U.S. warplanes. France24 correspondent Fraser Jackson reports from the White House, in Washington D.C.
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