Watch: Trump introduces Elon Musk to Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman in viral video

As President Donald Trump reached Saudi Arabia to a purple carpet welcome, helium was seen introducing Elon Musk to Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman -- successful a video that has gone viral. Elon Musk was not the lone tech person accompanying Trump.

His bête noire, Open AI main Sam Altman, was besides there. Crown Prince MBS shook hands with Musk, Altman and Nvidia's CEO Jensen Huang. The concern leaders volition be a US-Saudi concern forum today.The accomplishment of President Trump -- his archetypal overseas travel successful his 2nd word -- was celebrated with trumpets arsenic Trump and MBS crossed an outdoor lavender carpet to be the ceremonial astatine the Saudi Royal Court successful Riyadh. Trump saluted during the US nationalist anthem, past enactment his hands astatine his sides for the Saudi one.

Saudis announced successful 2021 that they would rotation retired purple carpets, alternatively of red, arsenic lavender is associated with blossoming wildflowers and is simply a awesome of Saudi generosity.

“I truly judge we similar each different a lot,” Trump said of the crown prince, touting their “tremendous relationship” and calling the sojourn an “honor.” Trump said helium was “so impressed” with MBS, calling him “very wise, omniscient beyond his years.”Ahead of his important Middle East visit, Trump said connected Monday that the Iranians were being tenable and talking intelligently successful negotiations with Washington implicit atomic program. “Soon I’m heading implicit to the Middle East, and we’ll spot what we’ll bash successful regards to Iran. I deliberation you person immoderate precise bully things happening there,” Trump told reporters.“They can’t person a atomic weapon, but I deliberation they’re talking precise intelligently. We are successful the midst of talking to them, and they’re acting precise astute and precise intelligent,” helium said. “I deliberation they’re being precise tenable frankincense far.”