{"id":2417768,"date":"2025-03-30T21:43:02","date_gmt":"2025-03-31T01:43:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-to-travel-to-saudi-arabia-for-first-foreign-trip-report-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2025-03-30T21:43:47","modified_gmt":"2025-03-31T01:43:47","slug":"trump-to-travel-to-saudi-arabia-for-first-foreign-trip-report-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-to-travel-to-saudi-arabia-for-first-foreign-trip-report-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump to travel to Saudi Arabia for first foreign trip: Report &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">28<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ftrump-to-travel-to-saudi-arabia-for-first-foreign-trip-report-washington-examiner%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2417768&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>According to a report from Axios, President Donald Trump&#8217;s first <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/anti-trumper-adam-kinzinger-and-his-bill-gates-connection\/\" title=\"Anti-...er Adam Kinzinger and His Bill Gates Connection\">foreign trip<\/a> of his second term is planned to be a visit to Saudi arabia, anticipated to take place in mid-May. The primary focus of the visit will include discussions on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/texas-lawmakers-crack-down-on-chinese-business-operating-near-air-force-base\/\" title=\"Texas Lawmakers Crack Down on Chinese Business Operating Near Air Force Base\">foreign investments<\/a>, strengthening relationships with Gulf nations, and efforts to end conflicts in the Middle East. However, there is an indication that the Saudis prefer the visit to occur only after a ceasefire is established between Russia and Ukraine, which thay have hosted talks for, although no resolution has yet been achieved.<\/p>\n<p>The proposed trip follows a previous plan for an April 28 departure that was postponed. Trump previously indicated he would likely be traveling to Saudi Arabia in the coming months. Notably, Saudi Arabia was also his first international destination during his initial term. In January, Trump emphasized the critically important investments pledged by Saudi Arabia, amounting to $600 billion over the next four years, and expressed hopes of increasing this to around $1 trillion with Crown Prince Mohammad Bin Salman.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Trump to travel to Saudi Arabia for first foreign trip: Report<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_2075149\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>President <a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Donald Trump<\/a>&lsquo;s first foreign trip of his second term will be to <a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/saudi-arabia\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Saudia Arabia<\/a>, according to a report.<\/p>\n<p><em>Axios <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.axios.com\/2025\/03\/30\/trump-saudi-arabia-visit-may-first-foreign-trip\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"reported\">reported<\/a> on Sunday that Trump will head to the Gulf nation sometime in mid-May, with planning for the visit still underway. A White House official said the visit will focus on &ldquo;<a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">discussing foreign investments<\/a>, strengthening relationships with Gulf nations and ending conflict in the Middle East.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/foreign-policy\/3363486\/iran-rejects-direct-negotiations-trump-us-nuclear-program\/\">Iran rejects direct negotiations with Trump over nuclear program<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/foreign-policy\/3363416\/trump-plan-purchase-icebreaker-vessels-from-finland\/\">Trump announces plan to purchase icebreaker vessels from Finland<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/foreign-policy\/3363388\/american-faye-hall-freed-detained-taliban-afghanistan\/\">American woman Faye Hall freed after being detained in Afghanistan<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>The Saudis, however, want the visit to take place only after a ceasefire is reached between Russia and Ukraine, an unnamed source indicated. The country has played host to the ceasefire talks that have still yet to yield a peace deal.<\/p>\n<p>The tentative plan for the foreign visit comes after an earlier date that was floated, April 28, had already been postponed.<\/p>\n<p>The news largely follows a timeline Trump alluded to earlier this month when he said he would likely visit Saudia Arabia &ldquo;over the next month and a half.&rdquo; Saudi Arabia was also the first country Trump visited in his first term.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\"><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Trump has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3298113\/trump-relationship-saudi-arabia-davos\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"touted \">touted <\/a>the investments the Gulf nation pledged to make in the United States at the beginning of this year. In late January, Saudi Arabia announced a $600 billion investment into the U.S. over the next four years. In response, Trump said he would be pushing Saudi Crown Prince Mohammad Bin Salman to &ldquo;round it out to around $1 trillion.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Earlier this month, Trump said Saudi Arabia &ldquo;agreed to do that. So I am gonna be going there.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_2075149\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"2075149\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Trump&#8217;s first foreign trip of his second term will be to Saudi Arabia in mid-May, as reported by Axios<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3359,"featured_media":2417769,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/trump-saudi-arabia-trip.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[49771,34933,3634],"class_list":["post-2417768","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-foreign-trip","tag-saudi-arabia","tag-trump"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/trump-saudi-arabia-trip.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2417768","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3359"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2417768"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2417768\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2417772,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2417768\/revisions\/2417772"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2417769"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2417768"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2417768"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2417768"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}