Nonilex<p>The meeting came less than a week after <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a>’s lengthy phone call with <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Putin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Putin</span></a> & took place at a palace in Riyadh, the capital of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SaudiArabia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SaudiArabia</span></a>, whose crown prince, Mohammed bin Salman <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/MBS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MBS</span></a>, has been seeking to elevate his country’s role on the world stage.</p><p>Michael Waltz, Trump’s <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/NationalSecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NationalSecurity</span></a> adviser, & Steve Witkoff, the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/MiddleEast" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MiddleEast</span></a> envoy & a longtime friend of Trump, joined <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/MarcoRubio" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MarcoRubio</span></a> for the meeting. Witkoff called the meeting “positive, upbeat, constructive.”</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/geopolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>geopolitics</span></a></p>