US President Donald Trump said on Monday that he expects to visit Saudi Arabia as early as May to sign an investment pact, his first overseas trip of his second term, with visits to Qatar and the United Arab Emirates.
“It could be next month, maybe a little later,” Trump told reporters in the Oval Office.
Mid-May was being considered as the trip’s timeframe, according to four sources briefed on the subject. During his first term in 2017, Trump began his maiden international tour with stops in Saudi Arabia and Israel.
Trump reiterated remarks he made in early March, saying his trip to Saudi Arabia would seal an agreement to invest upwards of $1 trillion in the U.S. economy, including purchases of military equipment.
He suggested similar agreements would be signed in Qatar and the UAE.
“Tremendous jobs will be created in those two or three days,” Trump said. The president did not elaborate on the specifics of the deals.
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