For Trump, Middle East visit can only be a ‘win-win’: Analysis

For Trump, Middle East visit can only be a ‘win-win’: Analysis

May 13, 2025  
US President Donald Trump has landed in Saudi Arabia on the first stop in a three-country tour of the Middle East.
 
The state visit is Trump's first since he returned to office.
 
Investments and economic deals are the focus of this trip.
 
Trump says he wants a trillion dollars' worth of investment from the kingdom.

Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman greeted Trump at the airport.

Saudi Arabia was also the first country Trump visited during his first term in office.

James Bays is Al Jazeera's diplomatic editor and Sultan Barakat is a Professor of Public Policy at Hamad Bin Khalifa University.