Trump hosts Saudi Crown Prince for pomp-filled, deal-making visit

DESCRIPCIÓN DE IMÁGENES

VIDEO SHOWS: WRAP OF EDITS OF SAUDI CROWN PRINCE MOHAMMED BIN SALMAN MEETING WITH U.S. PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP AT THE WHITE HOUSE

EDITORS PLEASE NOTE: THIS EDIT IS A WRAP AND CONTAINS NO NEW MATERIAL. ORIGINAL EDIT NUMBERS ARE INCLUDED IN SHOTLIST

RESENDING WITH COMPLETE SCRIPT

SHOWS: In an elaborate ceremony with music and an aircraft flyover, U.S. President Donald Trump welcomed Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman to the White House on Tuesday (November 18).

(2940-USA-SAUDI/ARRIVAL)

WASHINGTON, D.C., UNITED STATES (NOVEMBER 18, 2025) (UNRESTRICTED POOL - Access all)

1. WIDE OF THE SOUTH LAWN OF THE WHITE HOUSE AS WELCOME CEREMONY BEGINS

2. U.S. PRESIDENT, DONALD TRUMP, WALKING OUT FOR THE WHITE HOUSE WELCOME CEREMONY

3. SAUDI CROWN PRINCE, MOHAMMED BIN SALMAN, GETTING OUT OF VEHICLE, SHAKING HANDS WITH TRUMP

4. TRUMP AND MOHAMMED BIN SALMAN STANDING NEXT TO EACH OTHER DURING CEREMONY

5. SEVERAL AIRCRAFT FLY OVERHEAD AS PART OF CEREMONY / TRUMP AND MOHAMMED BIN SALMAN STANDING AMONG OFFICIALS

6. TRUMP AND MOHAMMED BIN SALMAN STANDING NEXT TO EACH OTHER, WALKING INTO WHITE HOUSE

Trump said that Mohammed bin Salman knew nothing about the 2018 killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi, a statement that conflicts with the conclusions of U.S. intelligence agencies.

(2969-USA-SAUDI/KHASHOGGI)

WASHINGTON, D.C., UNITED STATES (NOVEMBER 18, 2025) (UNRESTRICTED POOL - Access all)

7. TRUMP SITTING NEXT TO MOHAMMED BIN SALMAN

8. (SOUNDBITE) (English) JOURNALIST ASKING:

"Your Royal Highness, the U.S. intelligence concluded that you orchestrated the brutal murder of a journalist; 9/11 families are furious that you are here in the Oval Office. Why should Americans trust you?"

9. (SOUNDBITE) (English) U.S. PRESIDENT, DONALD TRUMP, SAYING: (IN EXCHANGE WITH JOURNALIST)

“Who are you with?" /

JOURNALIST SAYING (OFF CAMERA): "I'm with ABC News, Sir." /

"You're with who?" /

JOURNALIST SAYING (OFF CAMERA): "ABC News, Sr." /

"Fake news. ABC fake news, one of the worst in the business but I'll answer your question."

10. WHITE FLASH

11. (SOUNDBITE) (English) U.S. PRESIDENT, DONALD TRUMP, SAYING:

"As far as this gentleman is concerned, he's done a phenomenal job. You're mentioning somebody (late Saudi critic Jamal Khashoggi) that was extremely controversial. A lot of people didn't like that gentleman that you're talking about, whether you like him or didn't like him. Things happened, but he knew nothing about it. And we can leave it at that. You don't have to embarrass our guests by asking a question like that."

Trump said that he is working to approve the sale of advanced U.S. AI chips to Saudi Arabia, signalling a major shift in export policy and deepening tech ties with the kingdom.

Trump also said that Saudi Arabia had agreed to invest $600 billion in the United States with the Saudi Crown Prince promising an increase in investment to $1 trillion.

The Crown Prince, in response, said the kingdom would increase U.S. investment to $1 trillion.

(2987-USA-SAUDI/INVESTMENT)

WASHINGTON, D.C., UNITED STATES (NOVEMBER 18, 2025) (UNRESTRICTED POOL – Access all)

12. TRUMP AND MOHAMMED BIN SALMAN IN THE OVAL OFFICE WITH OTHER OFFICIALS

13. (SOUNDBITE) (English) U.S. PRESIDENT, DONALD TRUMP, SAYING:

“And I want to thank you because you've agreed to invest $600 billion into the United States. And because he's my friend, he might make it a trillion, but I'm going to have to work on him. But it's 600. We can count on $600 billion, but that number could go up a little bit higher, yes, sir. I don't know. We'll see. But we appreciate it very much. Saudi is going to be investing at least $600 billion, and that means investments in plants, in companies, money on Wall Street, and what it really means for everybody that really counts is jobs. A lot of jobs. We have a lot of jobs. So, I just want to thank you. We've been really good friends for a long period of time. We've always been on the same side of every issue.”

14. CAMERAS AND MEDIA AT MEETING

15. (SOUNDBITE) (English) CROWN PRINCE OF SAUDI ARABIA, MOHAMMED BIN SALMAN, SAYING:

“I believe, Mr. President, today and tomorrow we're going to announce that we are going to increase that $600 billion to almost $1 trillion for investment, real investment and real opportunity by details in many areas. And the agreement that we're signing today in many areas, in technology, in AI, in [unclear], in magnet, etcetera. That will create a lot of investment opportunity between our both countries.” /

TRUMP SAYING: “So you are doing that now. You're saying to me now that the sixth hundred billion will be one trillion.” /

“Definitely. Because what we are signing, it will facilitate that…” /

TRUMP SAYING: “Good. I like that very much."

The United States also reached a defence deal with Saudi Arabia, and Trump said the U.S. would sell F-35 stealth fighter jets to Saudi Arabia.

(3010-USA-TRUMP/SAUDI-DEFENSE)

WASHINGTON, D.C., UNITED STATES (NOVEMBER 18, 2025) (UNRESTRICTED POOL - Access all)

16. TRUMP SPEAKING

17. (SOUNDBITE) (English) U.S. PRESIDENT, DONALD TRUMP, SAYING:

JOURNALIST ASKING (OFF-CAMERA): "And the defense agreement, have you reached agreement on that?" /

"We pretty much have. We have reached agreement on that."

18. MEDIA WAITING TO ASK QUESTIONS

19. (SOUNDBITE) (English) U.S. PRESIDENT, DONALD TRUMP, SAYING:

JOURNALIST ASKING (OFF-CAMERA): "You said you are planning to sell the F-35 jets to Saudi Arabia. Is it part of the security agreement and how you assist the defence partnership between Saudi Arabia and the United States?" /

"I just said it. We're going to sell them F-35s. That's the end of the question, I guess." /

JOURNALIST ASKING (OFF-CAMERA): "Is it part of the security agreement, or no?" /

"No, we're going to have a deal. They're going to purchase F-35s. They're buying them from Lockheed. And it's a great plane."

Trump said that he can see a civilian nuclear deal happening with Saudi Arabia.

(3024-USA-SAUDI/NUCLEAR)

WASHINGTON, D.C., UNITED STATES (NOVEMBER 18, 2025) (UNRESTRICTED POOL - Access all)

20. TRUMP SPEAKING

21. (SOUNDBITE) (English) U.S. PRESIDENT, DONALD TRUMP, SAYING: (IN EXCHANGE WITH JOURNALIST)

JOURNALIST ASKING (OFF CAMERA): "Do you expect a formal civil nuclear deal to be reached soon? Can you talk to us about that aspect?" /

"With whom?" /

JOURNALIST SAYING (OFF CAMERA): "With Saudi Arabia." /

"I can see that happening." /

JOURNALIST ASKING (OFF CAMERA): "Do you think that that will... an agreement will happen today?" /

"It's not urgent. It's always when you have civil nuclear but you have more oil than almost anybody else. We actually have more oil and gas than they do but I refuse to say that. We have more than, is it? We have more than anybody, can you imagine?"

22. OFFICIALS LAUGHING AFTER TRUMP'S OIL REMARK

Trump said he spoke with Mohammed bin Salman about the Abraham Accords, adding that he believes he got a positive response.

(3015-ISRAEL-PALESTINIANS/SAUDI-USA)

WASHINGTON, D.C., UNITED STATES (NOVEMBER 18, 2025) (UNRESTRICTED POOL - Access all)

23. (SOUNDBITE) (English) U.S. PRESIDENT, DONALD TRUMP, AND SAUDI ARABIA CROWN PRINCE, MOHAMMED BIN SALMAN, SAYING: (IN EXCHANGE WITH JOURNALIST)

JOURNALIST ASKING (OFF CAMERA): "Are you going to bring up the Abraham Accords in your discussion?" /

TRUMP: "I already brought them up." /

JOURNALIST ASKING (OFF CAMERA): "What did you say?" /

TRUMP: "I think I got a positive response. Would you like to respond?" /

MOHAMMED BIN SALMAN: "Yeah. So..." /

TRUMP: "I've put you on the spot." /

MOHAMMED BIN SALMAN: "So definitely, we believe having a good relation with all Middle Eastern countries is a good thing. And we want to be part of the Abraham Accords but we want also to be sure that we secure a clear path of two-state solution. And today we have a healthy discussion with Mr. President that we're going to work on that to be sure that we can prepare the right situation as soon as possible to have that." /

TRUMP: "I think we're, you know, I don't want to use the word commitment, but we've had a very good talk on the Abraham Accords. We talked about one-state, two-state. You know, we talked about a lot of things in a short period of time. We'll be discussing it further, too."

24. MOHAMMED BIN SALMAN LISTENING AS TRUMP SPEAKS

Mohammed bin Salman left the White House after being welcomed earlier by Trump in a lavish ceremony. The Crown Prince was due to attend a formal dinner in the evening, giving him many of the trappings of a state visit.

(3028-USA-SAUDI/DEPARTURE)

WASHINGTON, D.C., UNITED STATES (NOVEMBER 18, 2025)(U.S. NETWORK POOL - No use USA)

25. MOHAMMED BIN SALMAN LEAVING WHITE HOUSE, WAVING AND ENTERING VEHICLE WHICH DRIVES AWAY

The dinner was attended by notable figures like Tesla CEO Elon Musk, FIFA President Gianni Infantino and football superstar Cristiano Ronaldo. (3069-USA-SAUDI/DINNER)

WASHINGTON, D.C., UNITED STATES (NOVEMBER 18, 2025) (UNRESTRICTED POOL - Access all)

26. PEOPLE SITTING AT LONG TABLES BEFORE DINNER

27. TESLA CEO, ELON MUSK, SPEAKING WITH OTHER GUESTS

28. FIFA PRESIDENT, GIANNI INFANTINO, AND TRUMP’S SON, DONALD TRUMP JR., SPEAKING AT DINNER

29. DINNER GUESTS STANDING, TRUMP APPROACHING LECTERN

30. TRUMP STANDING BEHIND LECTERN

31. (SOUNDBITE) (English) U.S. PRESIDENT, DONALD TRUMP, SAYING:

“You know, my son is a big fan of (Cristiano) Ronaldo, wherever Ronaldo is here. And Baron got to meet him, and I think he respects his father a little bit more now.”

WASHINGTON, D.C., UNITED STATES (NOVEMBER 18, 2025) (REUTERS - Access all) (MUTE)

32. STILL PHOTOGRAPH OF FOOTBALLER, CRISTIANO RONALDO, AT DINNER

Trump announced Saudi Arabia at the dinner as a “major, non-NATO ally”. (3077-USA-SAUDI/DESIGNATION)

WASHINGTON, D.C., UNITED STATES (NOVEMBER 18, 2025) (UNRESTRICTED POOL - Access all)

33. (SOUNDBITE) (English) U.S. PRESIDENT, DONALD TRUMP, SAYING:

“So that's why tonight, I'm pleased to announce that we're taking our military cooperation to even greater heights by formally designating Saudi Arabia as a major non-NATO ally, which is something that is very important to them.”

Trump said Hamas was cooperating with the return of the bodies of Israeli hostages and said his “Board of Peace” will have heads from “every major country”. (3079-ISRAEL-PALESTINIANS/GAZA-TRUMP)

WASHINGTON, D.C., UNITED STATES (NOVEMBER 18, 2025) (UNRESTRICTED POOL - Access

all)

34. TRUMP AT LECTERN DURING WHITE HOUSE DINNER

35. (SOUNDBITE) (English) U.S. PRESIDENT, DONALD TRUMP, SAYING:

“Gaza, while it looks a little bit messy, it has for many, many years, I will tell you, many decades, but it's getting very close to being perfected. And people are shocked. And even the great experts that have gone around criticising badly every country and every president and everything, they're all saying that what's taking place in the Middle East is a miracle. They're just calling it a miracle. And we're going to make it a miracle. And we're very close to doing that."

36. TRUMP SPEAKING

37. (SOUNDBITE) (English) U.S. PRESIDENT, DONALD TRUMP, SAYING:

"A lot of work has been done by Hamas. And a lot of a lot of people said they wouldn't be doing that, but they did do it. And the bodies have been delivered to the families, to the mothers, to the fathers, and at least they can

be in peace. It's amazing. It was a miserable period of time. We have two more to go and I think we'll be getting them also."

38. TRUMP SPEAKING

39. (SOUNDBITE) (English) U.S. PRESIDENT, DONALD TRUMP, SAYING:

"A lot of progress has been made with respect to Gaza and just about everything else we touch. Just yesterday, the United Nations Security Council formally adopted my peace plan and officially endorsed the Board of Peace. This is a board like no other. It will have the heads of major countries, I think all of the major countries.”

40. MOHAMMED BIN SALMAN SPEAKING NEXT TO TRUMP