Trump left for Saudi Arabia on Monday with a host of press aboard Air Force One, including Fox News's Sean Hannity. However, no wire service reporter was on board.

Saudi Arabia is of key diplomatic importance to the Trump White House, especially amid the ongoing Israel-Hamas war.

Details about purported deals are scarce, but one analysts told Breaking Defense,"When the Trump factor is involved, we should not dismiss any possibilities."

Trump left with a host of press aboard Air Force One, but for the first time in decades, no one from the Associated Press, Reuters, or Bloomberg was with him.

Although Trump recently attended the funeral of Pope Francis in Rome, Saudi Arabia was originally intended to be his initial overseas destination, just like in his first term. It served as a gilded debut for a foreign policy focused on securing cash infusions for American businesses.

Saudi Arabia will acquire $142 billion worth of defense equipment from the U.S. in the largest single arms deals done between the two countries.

The White House Correspondents Association says it is disturbed that no reporters from either The Associated Press, Bloomberg or Reuters were allowed on Air Force One to cover President Donald Trump's trip to the Middle East on Monday.

President Donald Trump announced during remarks at a business forum in Saudi Arabia that he was ordering an end to sanctions on Syria.

LinkedIn co-founder and major Democratic donor Reid Hoffman did not join President Donald Trump and a group of other tech leaders to Riyadh as reported by the White House, his office said Tuesday.