Trump in Saudi Arabia: High-level Delegation Accompanies US President to Riyadh
The US President, Donald Trump, is set to arrive to Saudi Arabia on Tuesday morning, in his first major diplomatic trip during his second term as a president. Trump’s visit to the Kingdom underscores the depth of Saudi-US relations and stresses Riyadh’s strategic importance to Washington.
Senior Officials
Trump will be accompanied by a high-level delegation, including senior officials and high-profile businessmen and investors. According to Al-Arabiya, the US Secretary of State, Marco Rubio; Secretary of Defense, Pete Hegseth; and Secretary of Treasury, Scott Bessent; as well as the Secretary of Commerce, Howard Lutnik, are accompanying the US President to Riyadh.
Moreover, most of White House’s senior officials, including Chief of Staff Susie Wiles, will head to Riyadh alongside Trump. The US officials will take part in meetings with Saudi officials.
Business Leaders
Furthermore, a group of top CEOs are arriving in Saudi Arabia for the Saudi-US Investment Forum. These include Tesla’s CEO, Elon Musk and Amazon’s CEO, Andy Jassy, in addition to the CEOs of Blackrock, Citigroup, IBM, Boeing, Delta Airlines.
The Saudi-US Investment Forum has kicked off at the King Abdulaziz International Conference Center in Riyadh, convening senior Saudi and American policymakers and investors to strengthen the bilateral relations that has evolved over nearly a century.
Saudi-US Investment Forum
The Forum focuses on clean energy; technology and artificial intelligence (AI); advanced manufacturing; financial services; venture capital and innovation; aerospace and defense; and healthcare and life sciences.
Keynote speakers from Saudi Arabia include Energy Minister, Prince Abdulaziz bin Salman; Sports Minister, Prince Abdulaziz bin Turki Al-Faisal; and Investment Minister, Khalid Bin Abdulaziz Al-Falih.
They also include Finance Minister, Mohammed Al-Jadaan; Communications Minister, Abdullah Al-Swaha; Industry Minister, Bandar Ibrahim Alkhorayef; Saudi Aramco CEO, Amin Nasser; and ACWA Power Chairman, Mohammad A. Abunayyan.
Meanwhile, distinguished US speakers will take part in the event, including BlackRock CEO, Larry Fink; Citigroup CEO, Jane Fraser; IBM CEO, Arvind Krishna; President and CIO of Google and Alphabet, Ruth Porat; and Qualcomm CEO, Cristiano Amon.
