• Video
  • Shop
  • Culture
  • Family
  • Wellness
  • Food
  • Living
  • Style
  • Travel
  • News
  • Book Club
  • Newsletter
  • Privacy Policy
  • Your US State Privacy Rights
  • Children's Online Privacy Policy
  • Interest-Based Ads
  • Terms of Use
  • Do Not Sell My Info
  • Contact Us
  • © 2026 ABC News
  • News

President Trump's schedule for his 1st foreign trip

1:16
Trump prepares for foreign trip amid reported Comey, intelligence leaks
AP Photo
ByABC News
May 17, 2017, 8:13 PM

— -- President Donald Trump will travel to five countries over eight days for his first foreign trip as president.

Here is his schedule for his trip, as detailed by national security adviser H.R. McMaster:

Related Articles

Why Trump chose Saudi Arabia for first foreign trip

Related Articles

Pope Francis doesn't want to judge Trump ahead of meeting at Vatican

Saturday, May 20

After arriving in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia’s capital, Trump will have coffee with King Salman of Saudi Arabia, attend a royal banquet and hold bilateral meetings with the king, the crown prince and the deputy crown prince.

Trump will participate in a signing ceremony of “several agreements that will further solidify U.S.-Saudi security and economic cooperation."

Trump and the first lady will attend an official dinner with the Saudi royal family.

Sunday, May 21

Trump holds bilateral meetings with Gulf Cooperation Council leaders as well as broader meetings with all Gulf states leaders.

In the afternoon, Trump has lunch with leaders of more than 50 Muslim countries and will deliver “an inspiring, direct speech on the need to confront radical ideology and the president’s hopes for a peaceful vision of Islam.”

Trump participates in the inauguration of a new center to fight radicalism and promote moderation.

Trump participates in a Twitter forum with young people.

Monday, May 22

Trump travels to Jerusalem where he will meet with Israeli President Reuven Rivlin and lay a wreath at Yad Vashem, the World Holocaust Remembrance Center, and deliver remarks at the Israel museum.

Trump meets privately later that day with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

Trump and the first lady join Netanyahu and his wife for a private dinner.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and President Donald Trump speak at a joint press conference at the White House in Washington, Feb. 15, 2017.

Tuesday, May 23

Trump meets with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas in Bethlehem.

Trump pays a visit to the Church of the Holy Sepulchre and says a prayer at the Western Wall in Jerusalem.

PHOTO: Youth hold their prayer shawls as they stand in front of the Western Wall, Judaism's holiest prayers site in Jerusalem's Old City, May 17, 2017.
Youth hold their prayer shawls as they stand in front of the Western Wall, Judaism's holiest prayers site in Jerusalem's Old City, May 17, 2017. REUTERS/Ronen Zvulun
Ronen Zvulun/Reuters

Wednesday, May 24

Trump meets with Pope Francis at the Vatican.

Trump also meets with the Cardinal Secretary of State and tour St. Peters.

The president meets with Italy's President Sergio Mattarella before departing Rome for Brussels, Belgium.

Thursday, May 25

Trump meets with King Philippe of Belgium and Prime Minister Charles Michel of Belgium and heads of state and government of the host country of the NATO alliance.

Trump heads to the European Union headquarters in Brussels to meet with the European Union and the European Council presidents.

Trump holds a working lunch with the newly elected French President Emmanuel Macron.

In the afternoon, Trump will deliver remarks at unveiling of NATO’s memorial in front of a piece of the Berlin Wall and World Trade Center.

Secretary of Defense James Mattis will join Trump for NATO leaders meeting and dinner before traveling to Sicily, Italy.

Friday, May 26

Trump attends the G7 Summit in Sicily and meets with leaders including Italy’s Prime Minister Paolo Gentiloni.

In the evening, Trump attends a concert of the La Scala Philharmonic followed by leaders dinner hosted by the president of Italy.

Saturday, May 27

Before departing for Washington, D.C., Trump speaks to American and Allied servicemen and their families, recapping highlights and accomplishments of the trip.

Up Next in News—

This San Francisco shop is run completely by an AI agent

April 23, 2026

Mother charged after teen son allegedly hits and injures 81-year-old veteran while riding e-motorcycle

April 23, 2026

UK bill banning smoking products for those born after 2008 is one step away from becoming law

April 22, 2026

Pilot killed in Florida plane crash hailed as hero

April 21, 2026

Shop GMA Favorites

ABC will receive a commission for purchases made through these links.

Sponsored Content by Taboola

The latest lifestyle and entertainment news and inspiration for how to live your best life - all from Good Morning America.
  • Contests
  • Terms of Use
  • Privacy Policy
  • Do Not Sell My Info
  • Children’s Online Privacy Policy
  • Advertise with us
  • Your US State Privacy Rights
  • Interest-Based Ads
  • About Nielsen Measurement
  • Press
  • Feedback
  • Shop FAQs
  • ABC News
  • ABC
  • All Videos
  • All Topics
  • Sitemap

© 2026 ABC News
  • Privacy Policy— 
  • Your US State Privacy Rights— 
  • Children's Online Privacy Policy— 
  • Interest-Based Ads— 
  • Terms of Use— 
  • Do Not Sell My Info— 
  • Contact Us— 

© 2026 ABC News