Trump Presses Saudis to Recognize Israel as He Defends Iran War

President Donald Trump speaks during the Future Investment Initiative Priority summit in Miami on March 27.

Photographer: Zak Bennett/Bloomberg

President Donald Trump appealed for Saudi Arabia to join the Abraham Accords against the backdrop of the US and Israel’s conflict with Iran in an address at an investment forum linked to the kingdom’s sovereign wealth fund.

“The Middle East will be transformed, and the future of that region is never, I don’t think it’s ever looked brighter,” Trump said Friday at the Future Investment Initiative Priority summit in Miami. “We did the Abraham Accords. I hope you’re going to be getting into the Abraham Accords finally.”