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Trump Participates in a Signing Ceremony and an Exchange of Agreements, May 13, 2025

May 13, 2025 · The White House · 0:12:24

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What happened

President Donald Trump participated in a signing ceremony and exchange of agreements in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, on May 13, 2025, during the state visit that opened his Gulf trip, in a ceremony carried on the White House channel.

The ceremony — conducted in Arabic and English before the assembled Saudi and American delegations, with Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman presiding alongside the President — formalized the agreements of the visit’s first day, the same day the President addressed the U.S.-Saudi Investment Forum in Riyadh.

Why it matters

The Saudi leg’s formal deliverable: the agreements of the state visit signed and exchanged in the President’s presence on day one of the trip, the documentary counterpart to the investment-forum announcements paged alongside it in this chronicle.

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Sources: The White House, “President Trump Participates in a Signing Ceremony and an Exchange of Agreements” (YouTube, May 13, 2025) — official description and broadcast transcript as aired.