‘Wasn’t on my charts’: Trump to push for peace in Sudan after Saudi prince urges greater U.S. involvement

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President Donald Trump meets Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman successful  the Oval Office of the White House connected  November 18, 2025, successful  Washington.

President Donald Trump meets Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman successful the Oval Office of the White House connected November 18, 2025, successful Washington. | Photo Credit: AP

President Donald Trump said connected Wednesday (November 19, 2025) helium plans to enactment greater attraction connected helping find an extremity to the brutal civilian warfare successful Sudan aft being urged to instrumentality enactment by Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman.

Mr. Trump, who claims to person ended respective wars since returning to bureau and has openly lobbied for the Nobel Peace Prize, admitted the struggle “wasn't connected my charts” earlier his speech with the crown prince.

But the president said helium spoke successful item astir the civilian warfare with the de facto ruler of Saudi Arabia during their White House talks connected Tuesday (November 18). The crown prince, Mr. Trump said, urged him to usage the powerfulness and power of the presidency to bring an extremity to the war.

“His majesty would similar maine to bash thing precise almighty having to bash with Sudan,” Mr. Trump said successful remarks during a associated quality with Prince Mohammed earlier U.S. and Saudi concern leaders.

The warring for power of Sudan has killed implicit 40,000 radical and created the world's worst humanitarian crisis, with implicit 14 cardinal radical displaced. The civilian war, which started successful April 2023, has pitted the Sudanese Armed Forces against the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces.

“I thought it was conscionable thing that was brainsick and retired of control,” Mr. Trump said arsenic helium shared the signifier with the crown prince. “But I conscionable spot however important that is to you, and to a batch of your friends successful the room.”

Mr. Trump said Prince Mohammed told him that bringing an extremity to the warfare “would beryllium the top happening you tin do, that would beryllium greater than what you've already done.”

Mr. Trump's comments travel aft Secretary of State Marco Rubio past week called for a halt to the travel of subject enactment coming to the paramilitary RSF from abroad.

The RSF's caller seizure of North Darfur's capital, el-Fasher, near hundreds dormant and forced tens of thousands of radical to fly reported atrocities by the paramilitary force, according to assistance groups and UN officials.

The International Organisation for Migration said that astir 90,000 radical person near el-Fasher and surrounding villages, undertaking a perilous travel done unsafe routes wherever they person nary entree to food, h2o oregon aesculapian assistance.

Saudi officials, successful part, person argued to the medication that a further unravelling of Sudan could effect successful instability successful the Red Sea and Africa and make conditions for extremist groups to exploit the infinitesimal to dispersed coercion successful the Middle East and beyond.

The warfare betwixt the RSF and the subject has divided determination powers. Egypt, Turkiye and Saudi Arabia person backed the Sudanese Armed Forces, portion the United Arab Emirates, a adjacent U.S. ally, has been sending weapons to the RSF, according to American quality findings.

Mr. Trump, pursuing his remarks, said successful a societal media station that his medication volition enactment with Saudi Arabia, the UAE, Egypt, and different Middle Eastern partners “to get these atrocities to end, portion astatine the aforesaid clip stabilising Sudan.”

The U.S. President appeared with Prince Mohammed arsenic the crown prince wrapped up his archetypal sojourn to Washington successful 7 years.

Published - November 20, 2025 06:57 americium IST

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