Trump to meet Syrian president in Saudi before heading to Qatar

Donald Trumppresident

I will be ordering the cessation of sanctions against Syria in order to give them a chance at greatness,

Trump said during a speech at an investment forum in the Saudi capital

Mohammed bin Salmansaudi Crown Prince

What I do for the crown prince,

he added, before being joined on stage by Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, who along with Turkey has backed the Sunni Islamists who toppled Bashar al-Assad in December

Julia Simpsonms.

Of 184 countries, the U.S. is the only one that's seeing an absolute decline in international visitor spending,

Simpson said

Donald Trump has been committing crimes since Day One,

he said

Eric Trumpson

We are proud to expand our presence in the region,

Eric Trump said last month in announcing that

Hussain Sajwanibillionaire

It’s been amazing news for me and my family when he was elected in November,

Sajwani said

Even if he’s not running the company, he profits when the company does well,

Carney said

Donald Trumppresident

I didn’t have to turn it down, because as you know, I have a no-conflict situation because I'm president,

Trump said then

The president is abiding by all conflict of interest laws,

she said

I like him a lot. I like him too much,

Trump gushed as cameras flashed and the crowd applauded at an investment summit in Riyadh, where the U.S. president kicked off the first major overseas trip of his second term

Donald Trumppresident

There’s no better place to make a future, or make a fortune, or do anything, frankly, than what we have in the United States of America under a certain President Donald J. Trump,

Trump said during an investment forum that served as the most high-profile visit of the day

Investment increased by 22 percent in President Trump’s first quarter because business leaders around the world want to participate in the new Golden Age of America,

White House deputy press secretary Anna Kelly said in a statement to POLITICO

It is emblematic of both how foreign governments try to lobby this president because of his business interests in their countries, and how the private sector has bent the knee,

said Donald Sherman, executive director and chief counsel at the Citizens for Responsibility in Washington, a watchdog group that is suing the Trump administration

These are all people who do big business in [Saudi Arabia],

said a person who has worked with the Saudis, granted anonymity to discuss their business dealings

Trump is making clear in word and deed that US and Israeli interests are not one and the same,

he said

I think the White House has finally acknowledged that a normalisation agreement at this time is not possible,

Coates Ulrichsen told Al Jazeera

It may be a signal that the White House sees much more value in deepening commercial and strategic relationships with the Gulf states at the moment, given that Israel remains mired in conflict,

Coates Ulrichsen told Al Jazeera

The Trump administration has made it clear they are willing to move forward on key agreements with Saudi Arabia without the previous condition of Saudi-Israel normalisation,

said Anna Jacobs, a non-resident fellow at the Arab Gulf States Institute, a think tank

A very strong signal is being sent that a stable, prosperous Middle East – represented, in the administration’s views, by the Gulf states – is a much more desirable outcome than maybe the Israeli view of the Middle East at the moment, which is one of seemingly escalating a forever conflict,

said Coates Ulrichsen

The announcements today do further deepen the links between Saudi and US security and defence interests,

Coates Ulrichsen said