Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman is set to welcome US President Donald Trump to to Saudi Arabia.
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After Driving Down Oil, Saudi Arabia’s MBS Looks for Trump Dividend
Donald Trump and Saudi Arabia's MBS both want to monetize their relationship. It just might not be in the way Trump had envisaged.
Mohammed bin Salman was scheduled to have a brief meet-and-greet with Donald Trump when he visited Washington in 2017. A snowstorm delayed the next dignitary and the rising Saudi Arabian prince ended up having lunch with the new US president. Two months later, Trump arrived in Riyadh.
The de facto Saudi leader is now preparing to welcome Trump back with a grand display of pageantry as the two look to monetize their relationship. It just might not be in the way Trump had envisaged.