WASHINGTON — In a display of pageantry fit for a king, President Donald Trump welcomed Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman to the White House with full-dress military honors and a dramatic flyover of military to celebrate a $1 trillion partnership.

The Saudi leader was greeted on the South Lawn by an Army mounted honor guard and black horses bearing American and Saudi flags, with six warplanes conducting a flyover of the White House for a touch of military drama as bin Salman reached Trump’s side.

The pomp and circumstance came despite the event not being an official state visit, as bin Salman serves as the prime minister of Saudi Arabia — not the head of state. That role belongs to his father, King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, though bin Salman is considered the country

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