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The fist bump seems so long ago. Three years after Joe Biden’s cursory greeting with Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, Donald Trump luxuriated in an extravagant royal welcome as he arrived in Saudi Arabia on Tuesday.
The US president gets a "lavender-carpet" reception on a whirlwind visit of Gulf countries mainly focused on shoring up investment.
Deals mentioned by Trump include a $5.8 billion investment by a healthcare company with a portion being spent in Michigan.
US President Donald Trump has said the US has "no stronger partner" than Saudi Arabia during his first major foreign trip.
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Donald Trump is on a “humiliation tour” of the Middle East, MSNBC host Lawrence O’Donnell said Tuesday. But the president is “too stupid to know it,” the “Last Word” anchor suggested. Trump has faced backlash from both sides of the aisle over his defense of accepting a $400 million luxury jet from Qatar.