Maggie Haberman says Donald Trump looks happy as he's 'being treated like a king' in Saudi Arabia

RIYADH, SAUDI ARABIA: CNN commentator and New York Times reporter Maggie Haberman on Tuesday, May 13, said that President Donald Trump "looks about as happy as you can imagine" during his Saudi Arabia trip because "he is being treated like a king."

Trump visited Saudi Arabia on Tuesday, making it his first foreign trip during his second term as the POTUS. His Middle East trip also includes a visit to Qatar and the United Arab Emirates, according to Mediaite.

Maggie Haberman observes Donald Trump is 'being treated like a king' during Saudi visit

During Tuesday’s edition of 'The Source' on CNN, Kaitlan Collins asked Maggie Haberman about Donald Trump's trip to Saudi Arabia.

Interestingly, hours before, Trump gave a speech in Riyadh that concluded with him being played off the stage to the tune of 'YMCA' by The Village People, per the outlet.

Collins said while hosting from Riyadh, "We have not seen the president’s children. The White House said they were welcome to come, but we haven’t seen any of them actually accompany him on this visit or his son-in-law, Jared Kushner."

She added, "We’ve not seen any of them. I wonder just what you’ve noticed about the trip and what has stood out to you in your reporting so far of either expectations going into this or what has happened on the ground so far?"

Meanwhile, Haberman replied that there seems to be a dearth of actual foreign policy objectives for the trip.

"There is no real foreign policy agenda or aim that has been laid out for this trip that I’m aware of. Now, yes, the president announced that he is going to halt the sanctions on Syria, and that is significant if that moves ahead," Haberman said.

She added, "That is a big deal for the region. But in terms of what he is hoping to accomplish with this mission, in terms of the US and its relationships with the region, they haven’t really articulated a longer arc."

Haberman also remarked on how Trump looked in his element.

She said, "Trump looks about as happy as you can imagine. He is being treated like a king. And we have seen many instances where he has wanted to be treated sort of commensurate with leaders in foreign countries, in autocratic countries, or with autocratic leadership. And he looks as if he is ruling over everything right now."

Donald Trump teases Saudi crown prince with late-night joke

During his speech on Tuesday, President Donald Trump made a pointed joke at Saudi Arabia's crown prince, Mohammed bin Salman Al Saud, and asked him how he sleeps at night, according to the Irish Star.

The POTUS asked, "Mohammed, do you sleep at night?" earning laughter from the crowd.

He repeated, "How do you sleep?"

Before asking the question, the POTUS had praised Riyadh as a major global business and technology capital, per the outlet.

Meanwhile, the crown prince replied to the question, shrugging and lifting his hands, to convey that he wasn’t sure.

Trump added, "What a job. He tosses and turns, like some of us. Tosses and turns all night, 'how do I make it even better?' It’s the ones who don’t toss and turn, they’re the ones that won’t take you to the promised land."

"Critics doubted it was possible, what you’ve done, but over the past eight years, Saudi Arabia has proved the critics totally wrong," he mentioned.