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Trump diplomacy

President Donald Trump walks with Saudi Arabia's King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud

Saudi Arabia could invest $20 billion in US infrastructure, but it’s not necessarily a ‘win’ for America

Economics

Saudi Arabia plans to invest in Blackstone’s fund to update infrastructure in the US — but ultimately, they’re both looking for projects that will make them money.

President Donald Trump places a note in the stones of the Western Wall, Judaism's holiest prayer site, in Jerusalem's Old City, on May 22.

VIDEO: Trump becomes the first sitting US president to visit Jerusalem’s Western Wall

Global Politics
U.S. President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump board Air Force One for his first international trip as president, including stops in Saudi Arabia, Israel, the Vatican, Brussels and at the G7 summit in Sicily, from Joint Base Andrews, Maryland, U

Donald Trump’s first foreign trip is a lot like a pilgrimage. And that’s the point.

Global Politics
President Donald Trump watches as Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan departs at the entrance to the West Wing of the White House in Washington on May 16.

Trump meets Turkey’s Erdogan as the US vows to arm his enemies

Global Politics
Egypt's President Abdul Fattah al-Sisi in Khartoum, Sudan, on Oct. 10, 2016.

Trump praises ‘fantastic job’ of Egyptian leader widely accused of human rights violations

Global Politics
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