India, May 13 -- President Donald Trump on Tuesday introduced his "buddy" Elon Musk to Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman as they arrived in Saudi Arabia and received purple carpet reception. Besides Musk, Trump was accompanied by several tech leaders, including Sam Altman, the head of Open AI. Musk, Altman, and Jensen Huang, the CEO of Nvidia, shook hands with Crown Prince MBS. All the business leader will take part in US-Saudi investment forum.

Trump and MBS traversed an outside purple carpet to join the ceremony at the Saudi Royal Court in Riyadh, where his arrival was heralded with trumpets. After US national anthem, Trump placed his hands at his sides for the Saudi national anthem. In 2021, Saudis declared they would install purple ca...