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Nearly every American President since Richard Nixon in 1974 has visited Saudi Arabia either to avoid regional conflicts or to reinforce bilateral relations in foreign and economic policy.
Nixon visited out of necessity early in his second term as president in the wake of the oil embargo imposed by the Organization of Arab Petroleum Exporting Countries following the 1973 Arab-Israeli conflict.
But none of them have made the Kingdom more of a foundation of America’s foreign and economic policies than President Donald Trump — a significance that cannot be taken for granted.
In 2017, Saudi Arabia became the first foreign country Trump visited after he was sworn in as president. He became the first president to choose the Kingdom as the destination for their first international trip.
