Donald Trump has pledged to address the devastating conflict in Sudan, framing the move as a direct response to pressure from Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman during the prince’s high-profile visit to Washington this week.
Announcing the promise both at the Saudi Investment Forum and later on Truth Social, Trump said Arab leaders, “in particular the highly respected Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia” , urged him to act.
“They have asked me to use the power and influence of the Presidency to bring an immediate halt to what is taking place in Sudan,” he wrote. “It is considered a Great Civilization and Culture, unfortunately gone bad, but one that can be fixed with the cooperation and coordination of Countries.”
At the forum, Trump offered a more personal retelling of MBS’s request.
“He mentioned Sudan yesterday, and he said, ‘Sir, you’re talking about a lot of wars, but there’s a place on Earth called Sudan, and it’s horrible what’s happening,’” Trump said, adding that his administration had “already started working” on the issue within half an hour.
The remarks came during Mohammed bin Salman’s first official Washington visit since 2018, a trip defined by warm rhetoric and major promises of expanded US-Saudi investment and cooperation.
Trump, who has openly pitched himself as a global dealmaker and long coveted the Nobel Peace Prize, said the US would work alongside Saudi Arabia, the UAE, Egypt and other regional powers to push towards stability in Sudan.
“We will work with Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Egypt, and other Middle Eastern partners to get these atrocities to end, while at the same time stabilizing Sudan,” he wrote.
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