Donald Trump definitely appeared to be in his element when he welcomed Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman to the White House. The president reveled in showing off his new Presidential Walk of Fame on the West Colonnade that features portraits of American presidents.
In a video posted on Tuesday on X by our sister site Townhall.com, Trump gave Prince MBS a grand welcome, complete with mounted soldiers on horseback carrying flags ahead of his arrival.
President Trump welcomes Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman to the White House 🇺🇸🇸🇦 pic.twitter.com/dHLj9Gep86
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When the two men greeted each other, Trump shook MBS's hand before putting a hand behind the Crown Prince's shoulder. The pair then stood shoulder to shoulder for photos.
It was all topped off by a great flyover above the White House. Check it out below:
On the way to their Oval Office meeting, Trump showed off his handiwork to MBS on the West Colonnade, where he had portraits of past presidents in gold frames hung along the wall.
As the two began walking down, they stopped a few times to admire the portraits. However, one moment clearly stood out from the rest, and it was when the two foreign leaders came upon the framed portrait of an autopen, Trump's hilarious selection to mark former President Joe Biden's time in the White House.
"LOL: Trump shows off the presidential portraits along the West Colonnade to Saudi Crown Prince MBS......the two took some extra time to admire the photo of Biden's autopen," Townhall noted.
Oh, to have been a fly on the wall during their exchange at the autopen portrait, where the two shared several comments about it.
Once inside the Oval Office, the two men held a bilateral meeting and spoke to members of the press. Those details were reported by my RedState colleague Ward Clark.
Clark wrote:
But here's the real meat of the conversation: Saudi Arabia has apparently now agreed to bump a previous $600 billion investment into American businesses to a $1 trillion investment.
SEE: Trump Meets Saudi Crown Prince: Big, Beautiful, Trillion-Dollar Deals
One other light-hearted moment that stood out between the two men during the visit was after Trump and the Saudi Crown Prince discussed who was the best American president for Saudi Arabia.
"Reagan...[but you're] out of their league, Mr. President," the Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia responded.
*BRO SHAKE*
"And Trump doesn't give a fist bump. I grab that hand, don't give a hell where that hand's been," President Trump explained about the handshake. "I grab that hand…[Biden] gives a fist bump."
Classic Trump.
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