Riyadh - Multi-billion dollar deals between the US and Saudi Arabia will be signed today as US President Donald Trump's first foreign trip begins in Riyadh. Trump and his wife Melania were greeted in the Saudi capita, Riyadh, by King Salman. The eight-day trip will also take in Israel, the Palestinian territories, Brussels, the Vatican, and Sicily. Saturday's deals on arms and with energy giant Aramco are expected to be worth at least $150bn (£115bn). The visit comes as Mr Trump faces uproar at home following his sacking of FBI director James Comey. Trump is accompanied by his daughter Ivanka, an unpaid White House adviser, and her husband Jared Kushner, a key member of the Trump cabinet. Like British Prime Minister Theresa May and German Chancellor Angela Merkel on their recent visits to Saudi Arabia, Mrs Trump and Ivanka Trump did not wear headscarves. In January 2015, Mr Trump criticised then-First Lady Michelle Obama for doing the same. In a tweet, Mr Trump said she had "insulted" her hosts.(FA)
