WASHINGTON — On his first foreign trip since becoming president, Donald Trump will travel this month to Saudi Arabia, Israel and Rome, in what the White House described as an effort to rally the world — and the three major faiths symbolized by those locales — together to battle intolerance that has given rise to extremist groups such as the Islamic State (IS).
The itinerary reflects what White House officials described as a way to translate Trump’s “America First” agenda into confident American leadership on the world stage, to reinvigorate old alliances and seek new opportunities for cooperation.