{"id":29261,"date":"2025-05-14T14:29:28","date_gmt":"2025-05-14T12:29:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/michelsanti.fr\/?p=29261"},"modified":"2025-05-14T14:29:28","modified_gmt":"2025-05-14T12:29:28","slug":"first-foreign-official-visits-of-us-presidents","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/michelsanti.fr\/en\/trump-2\/first-foreign-official-visits-of-us-presidents","title":{"rendered":"First foreign official visits of US Presidents"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"29265\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/michelsanti.fr\/en\/arabie-saoudite\/premieres-visites-officielles-a-letranger-des-presidents-des-etats-unis\/attachment\/trump-mbs\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/michelsanti.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Trump-MBS.jpg?fit=1290%2C1137&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1290,1137\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Trump MBS\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/michelsanti.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Trump-MBS.jpg?fit=1024%2C903&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-29265\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/michelsanti.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Trump-MBS.jpg?resize=1170%2C1031&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"1170\" height=\"1031\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/michelsanti.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Trump-MBS.jpg?w=1290&amp;ssl=1 1290w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/michelsanti.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Trump-MBS.jpg?resize=300%2C264&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/michelsanti.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Trump-MBS.jpg?resize=1024%2C903&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/michelsanti.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Trump-MBS.jpg?resize=768%2C677&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/michelsanti.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Trump-MBS.jpg?resize=1200%2C1058&amp;ssl=1 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1170px) 100vw, 1170px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>First foreign official visits of US Presidents:<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Kennedy: Canada<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Johnson: Canada<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Nixon: Belgium<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Ford: Mexico<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Carter: UK<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Reagan (term 1 ): Canada<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Reagan (term 2): Canada<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 H. W. Bush: Canada<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Clinton (term 1): Canada<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Clinton (term 2): Finland<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 W. Bush (term 1): Mexico<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 W. Bush (term 2): Belgium<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Obama (term 1): Canada<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Obama (term 2): Israel<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Biden: UK<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 <span class=\"r-b88u0q\">Trump (term 1): <strong>Saudi Arabia <\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"r-b88u0q\">\u2022 Trump (term 2): <strong>Saudi Arabia<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong data-start=\"42\" data-end=\"61\">An observation:<\/strong> Canada is therefore definitively losing its status as a privileged nation.<\/p>\n<p><strong data-start=\"139\" data-end=\"157\">A consequence:<\/strong> With the lifting of sanctions against Syria, the Middle East is on the right track to regain serenity and prosperity, which naturally go hand in hand.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; First foreign official visits of US Presidents: \u2022 Kennedy: Canada \u2022 Johnson: Canada \u2022 Nixon: Belgium \u2022 Ford: Mexico \u2022 Carter: UK \u2022 Reagan (term 1 ): Canada \u2022 Reagan (term 2): Canada \u2022 H. 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