President Donald Trump is set to receive Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman in Washington on Nov. 18 to deepen cooperation on energy and security amid a U.S. push for Saudi-Israeli normalization.
Speaking to reporters on board Air Force One on Nov. 14, Trump described the crown prince’s visit, his second to Washington in seven years, as “more than a meeting.”
“We are honoring Saudi Arabia,” Trump said, adding that the two leaders will be discussing the Abraham Accords, a series of normalization agreements between Israel and Arab states signed in late 2020.
“I hope that Saudi Arabia will be going into the Abraham Accords fairly shortly,” Trump said….