At least a hundred entrepreneurs, including the owner of TeslaElon Musk, the CEO of OpenAi, Sam Altman, and senior officials of the governments of Washington and Riad, accompanied the Saudi heir prince, Mohamed Bin Salmán, and the president of the United States, Donald Trumpin the Saudi royal palace, First stop stop of the American president.
Trump arrived in the “beast”, the presidential limousine, escorted by an honorary guard of Arab horsesand was received by Bin Salmán, de facto leader of the country, in the Hall of the Court, chaired by a portrait of King Salmán Bin Abdelaziz, 89 years old and in a delicate state of health.
The president headed together with Bin Salmán a lunch attended by the tycoon Elon Musk, The richest man in the worldand executive directors of the main companies of both countries, including Larry Fink, from Blackrock; Jensen Huang, from Nvidia; and Sam Altman, from Openai.
Trump was presenting one by the American guests before Bin Salmán, in one of the halls ornate in gold and blue of the palace. Among those presented were the Secretary of Defense, Pete Hegseth; the state, Marco Rubio; and the Treasury Secretary, Scott Besent.
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Also present were FIFA president Gianni Infantino, Religious leaders, journalists and political figures.
The first day of Trump’s tour for the Gulf States was focused on promoting investments in USAand lunch served to approach leaders of the powerful Saudi funds with the US financial, technological and industrial elite.
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