King Salman's fleet of cars at Andrews Air Force Base (over 30 Mercedes
Benz S-Class cars). When you're royalty, go big or don't go at all.
Saudi Arabia's King Salman, touched down on U.S. soil Thursday to the
sight of dozens of black luxury cars awaiting his arrival at Joint Base
Andrews located just outside Washington in Prince George's County, Md.
Reporters snapped photos of his epic entourage. (On a recent trip to
France, Salman had a 10-vehicle motorcade, and hired an additional 400
luxury car drivers, the BBC reported.)
The king of the oil-rich nation is here to meet with President Obama at
the White House on Friday to talk all things involving the Iran nuclear
deal and its wider effect on the Middle East. Their face-to-face happens
before the Senate returns next week and takes up the deal, just as
Obama has rallied enough support for it from Democrats.
It's the Saudi king's first visit to the United States since ascending
to the throne in January after the death of his father, King Abdullah.
He skipped the May summit of Gulf nations held at Camp David. And his
visit is huge — like "renting out the entire Four Seasons hotel and
making it gold" huge.
