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RIYADH, Saudi Arabia — President Trump stepped foot on foreign soil for the first time in his beleaguered presidency Saturday, hoping a nine-day diplomatic mission will help reverse two weeks of bad headlines and unite allies against terrorism. Trump arrived at King Khalid International Airport in Riyadh to an elaborate red-carpet ceremony and a military honor guard dressed in the traditional Saudi red-and-white checkered ghutra headdress. The Saudi king, Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, greeted the presidential plane in the 101-degree heat as a brass band played, cannons boomed and seven Saudi jets flew overhead trailing red, white and blue smoke. It was a notable contrast from President Obama's last visit to the kingdom, during which King Salman delegated the task of greeting the president to a distant nephew, the provincial governor, amid tensions between the two countries over the Iran nuclear deal. At an elaborate ceremony at the Saudi ...