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Trump in Riyadh: It’s my ‘dream’ for Saudi Arabia to enter Abraham Accords, but they’ll do it at their own time
Jacob Magid is The Times of Israel's US bureau chief
US President Donald Trump, left, shakes hands with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman during a bilateral meeting in Riyadh on May 13, 2025. (Brendan Smialowski / AFP)
US President Donald Trump says it’s his “dream” for Saudi Arabia to join the Abraham Accords, but acknowledges that Riyadh will do it at its own time.
“It’s my fervent hope, wish and even my dream that Saudi Arabia… will soon be joining the Abraham Accords,” Trump says in a foreign policy speech at an investment summit in Riyadh on the first day of his Middle East visit.
“But you’ll do it in your own time,” Trump later adds in an apparent acknowledgement that Riyadh is not currently prepared to normalize relations with Israel, given the ongoing war in Gaza and the current government’s refusal to establish a pathway to a future Palestinian state.
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