Saudi Crown Prince Will Seek to Solidify Anti-Iran Stance With Trump White House

Prince Mohammed is likely to emphasize his effort to modernize the ultraconservative petrostate

Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman has huge ambitions for change in Saudi Arabia. But will his reforms also mean greater turbulence in the Middle East? WSJ's Niki Blasina reports. Photo: Getty

Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman arrives Monday in Washington, D.C., bringing the brash foreign policy that has shaped Saudi Arabia’s more muscular stance in the Middle East to counter archenemy Iran.

The Trump administration and lawmakers now need to weigh whether to support the prince’s more confrontational approach with Iran and risk sparking a regional conflict, or seek to moderate his diplomacy.

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