Countries must ensure that terrorists find “no sanctuary,” he said in a speech to more than 50 leaders who gathered in Riyadh.
Trump talks about the Middle East’s role in the war on terrorism as he addresses Arab leaders at a summit in Riyadh (Source: Bloomberg).
Trump repeatedly acknowledged the efforts and achievements of Muslim countries in battling extremism.
In his speech in Riyadh, he described Islam as “one of the world’s great faiths.”.
Giant billboards carried some of Trump’s tweets: “Great to be in Riyadh,” one of them read.
He also met the emir of Kuwait, Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah, who referred to the president as “my brother Trump.”
Trump leaves for Israel on Monday morning, before heading to North Atlantic Treaty Organization and Group of Seven meetings later in the week. »