--- title: Trump Saudi Arabia Speech: Read Full Transcript Here description: President Donald Trump urged Muslims to target Islamic extremism during his speech in Saudi Arabia Sunday. Read his full remarks here canonical: https://time.com/4787609/donald-trump-saudi-arabia-speech-2/ author: Jennifer Calfas article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-05-21T19:28:58.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-23T05:02:22.281Z article:section: Politics og:title: Read President Trump's Full Saudi Arabia Speech og:description: It was one of Trump's first speeches abroad while president og:url: https://time.com/4787609/donald-trump-saudi-arabia-speech-2/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt2a49461cc926bbe6/6988ce3886f68e54e06e4cdd/trump-speech.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: Arabic Islamic American Summit og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Read President Trump's Full Saudi Arabia Speech twitter:description: It was one of Trump's first speeches abroad while president twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt2a49461cc926bbe6/6988ce3886f68e54e06e4cdd/trump-speech.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Read President Trump's Full Saudi Arabia Speech by [Jennifer Calfas](https://time.com/author/jennifer-calfas/) ## Jennifer Calfas May 21, 2017 7:28 PM UTC  Donald Trump delivers a speech during the Arabic Islamic American Summit at King Abdul Aziz International Conference Center in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, on May 21, 2017. Donald Trump delivers a speech during the Arabic Islamic American Summit at King Abdul Aziz International Conference Center in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, on May 21, 2017.Bandar Algaloud—Saudi Kingdom Council/Handout/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images by [Jennifer Calfas](https://time.com/author/jennifer-calfas/) ## Jennifer Calfas May 21, 2017 7:28 PM UTC [President Donald Trump](http://time.com/4787527/donald-trump-saudi-arabia-speech-terrorism/) urged Muslims to combat a “crisis of Islamic extremism” and terrorism [during a speech in Saudi Arabia](http://time.com/4787548/donald-trump-islam-speech-saudi-arabia-moderate/?xid=homepage) Sunday during his first foreign trip as president. Trump, who spoke to Arab and Muslim leaders in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia’s capital, appeared to shift his tone from [past remarks on Muslims](http://time.com/4587915/donald-trump-muslim-registry/). Trump had previously blamed Muslims for the rise of extremist groups. But in his speech Sunday, Trump recognized the difference between “barbaric criminals” and “decent people” in Islam. “Drive them out,” said Trump of extremists. “Drive them out of your places of worship. Drive them out of your communities. Drive them out of your holy land, and drive them out of the earth.” Read Trump’s full remarks in the transcript below: --- > “” --- ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4787609/donald-trump-saudi-arabia-speech-2/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4787609/donald-trump-saudi-arabia-speech-2/"},"headline":"Read President Trump's Full Saudi Arabia Speech","datePublished":"2017-05-21T19:28:58.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-23T05:02:22.281Z","description":"It was one of Trump's first speeches abroad while president","url":"https://time.com/4787609/donald-trump-saudi-arabia-speech-2/","keywords":["White House","Donald Trump","onetime"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt2a49461cc926bbe6/6988ce3886f68e54e06e4cdd/trump-speech.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Jennifer Calfas","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/jennifer-calfas/"}],"articleSection":"Politics","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt2a49461cc926bbe6/6988ce3886f68e54e06e4cdd/trump-speech.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Arabic Islamic American Summit","caption":"Arabic Islamic American Summit","creditText":"Bandar Algaloud—Saudi Kingdom Council/Handout/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/politics/","name":"Politics"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/white-house/","name":"White House"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4787609/donald-trump-saudi-arabia-speech-2/","name":"Read President Trump's Full Saudi Arabia Speech"}}]}] ```