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President Donald Trump waves as he boards Air Force One prior to departing from Andrews Air Force Base in Maryland.
President Donald Trump’s first foreign trip since entering office will take him to Israel, the Vatican and Saudi Arabia later this month, a senior White House official confirms to NBC News.
The president will end his trip in Brussels with a visit to NATO on May 25, followed by a meeting at the G7 summit in Sicily.
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The announcement comes on the heels of Trump’s meeting with Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas on Wednesday. Trump has said he wants to serve as a “mediator, arbiter or facilitator” to help Israel and Palestine reach a peace accord but added, “Any agreement cannot be imposed by the United States or any other nations.”
Politico first reported the trip.
