Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, popularly known as MBS, of Saudi Arabia will visit the White House today. Topics of discussion will be the Abraham Accords and the sales of weapons to the Kingdom country. The working visit will include dinner. Chief of Protocol Monica Crowley is going to have a super busy and touchy day.

President Donald Trump has already given Prince Mohammed bin Salman one of his asks by already agreeing to sell F35 Jets to Saudi Arabia:

President Donald Trump said the US would sell F-35 fighter jets to Saudi Arabia, offering Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman a prize he’s long cherished — even though many obstacles remain before he gets the stealthy planes.

Agreeing to sell F-35s to Saudi Arabia represents a major concession to bin Salman, who’s set to visit the White House on Tuesday, as Washington and Riyadh look to deepen ties. One motivation for Trump is to lure Saudi Arabia into establishing diplomatic ties with Israel.

'They've been a great ally': Trump teases F-35 jet sale to Saudi Arabia a day before Mohammed bin Salman meeting

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We have long had issues with Saudi Arabia because of September 11, 2001 and the murder and dismemberment of Jamal Khashoggi. The September 11 families have never had any kind of justice offered to them. On September 11 of this year, a judge allowed some of the families of 9/11 victims to sue Saudi Arabia, which has always denied any involvement.

Ahead of a visit to the nation’s capital by Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman (MBS) on Tuesday, a cohort of 9/11 survivors, first responders, and family members of those lost, are urging President Donald Trump to demand that Saudi Arabia take accountability for its alleged role in the tragic Sept. 11, 2021 attacks.

Several weeks ago, United States federal district court judge George B. Daniels ruled against Saudi Arabia’s efforts to dismiss a lawsuit brought against them by the families of 9/11 victims, which alleged the country was party to the attacks. Daniels’ decision to let the case go to trial appeared to agree with the judge claiming in his August 2025 ruling that Saudi government agents provided “essential support” for the hijackers.

“The backdrop to this visit is the recent ruling of a federal judge in New York that Saudi Arabia must stand trial for its role in the 9/11 terrorist attacks that murdered 3,000 of our loved ones,” 9/11 Justice President Brett Eagleson, whose father died in the attacks, said. “As Washington prepares to roll out the red carpet for the Saudi Crown Prince, we want to shine a spotlight on the facts found by the court, the overwhelming evidence of Saudi government support for the 9/11 plot, and the families’ nearly 25-year fight for justice.”

Saudi Arabia is clearly a frenemy. Thinking of that country made me think of the fictional Violet, Dowager Countess of Grantham:

“Principles are like prayers; noble, of course, but awkward at a party.”

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In 2019, Sleepy Joe Biden said he would hold the Kingdom Country accountable for Khashoggi’s death and then after his inauguration said that that would be too costly to the United States. Joe Biden never understood foreign policy even when he could think.

Mohammed bin Salman has been trying to diversify the countries assets and change the perceptions of Saudi Arabia since he became Crown Prince:

Huzzah! Women can drive there now.

From the Hindustan Times:

Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman’s arrival in Washington is being framed as a diplomatic formality but it may actually be the biggest foreign-policy test of Donald Trump’s second term. The U.S. president has one goal that has eluded every American leader: pulling Saudi Arabia into the Abraham Accords. But this time, the power equation has flipped. Riyadh wants a defence pact, next-generation weapons, and a pathway to a civilian nuclear program. Israel refuses to guarantee a Palestinian state. And Trump, despite his public bravado, is walking into a meeting where he may not have the leverage he once did. So what does MBS really want from the U.S.? Why is Qatar’s upgraded security status suddenly shaping Saudi expectations? And could Trump leave the meeting empty-handed, with the “best-case scenario” being just a public mention of the accords? From regional rivalries to great-power politics, this story asks: Who really holds the cards today Trump or MBS?

According to MBS, normalization of relations with Israel turn on Palestine having its own state. That is not on the horizon. The Abraham Accords may not come to fruition either. We may have to stay frenemies for a while longer.

Don’t even get me started about sports.

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