07:43 BST
Lyse Doucet
Chief international correspondent, reporting from Riyadh
President Donald Trump has
again honoured Riyadh with his first stop in his first official tour.
We were here in 2017, at
the start of his first term, when he hosted a major summit of leaders from
across the Arab and Muslim world to fight against terrorism and stand up to
Tehran.
This time, he’s meeting
leaders of the some of the world’s wealthiest, most ambitious states – Saudi
Arabia, Qatar and the United Arab Emirates.
They’ve all pursued
rapprochement with Tehran in recent years and don’t want another war; neither
does President Trump.
He’s likely to speak of
moving towards a ceasefire in Gaza.
But the president who
sees himself as the world’s best deal-maker is focused on mega deals to bring
investment and jobs to America.
Top US business and tech leaders are with him
to ink projects worth more than $1 trillion.
These royal Arab rulers
want a relationship with America. Most of all, they want a relationship with
President Trump.