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This week in Washington (41 images)

The nor'easter descends upon the Capitol, President Donald Trump signs an executive memorandum targeting China on trade and meets with Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia the week of March 19, 2018 in Washington, D.C.



Trump (R) holds up a chart of military hardware sales to Saudi Arabia. "It really means many many jobs ... we're talking about over 40,000 jobs for the United States," Trump said. "Saudi Arabia is buying a lot of this equipment...and a lot of people are at work making this equipment." Photo by Kevin Dietsch/UPI
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Trump (R) holds up a chart of military hardware sales. Trump boasted about the United States' $700 billion military budget and said Saudi Arabia is "footing a big part of the bill for defense, the whole middle east, and we know what's happened in the Middle East and it has not been a pretty picture for the United States." Photo by Kevin Dietsch/UPI
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Interior Secretary Rick Perry attends the meeting. Photo by Kevin Dietsch/UPI
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Trump holds a working lunch with Mohammed in the Oval Office. Photo by Kevin Dietsch/UPI
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