The extravagant ways Gulf leaders rolled out the red (and lavender) carpet for Trump, in photos

• Trump's trip to the Middle East was marked by lavish displays of wealth from oil-rich Gulf states.
• He was greeted with lavender carpets, processions of swordsmen and drummers, and lots of American flags.
• The White House says Trump secured several major deals with Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and the UAE.

President Donald Trump was courted like a king during his trip to the Middle East this week.

From lush lavender carpets, to processions of camels, to the Burj Khalifa lighting up in stars and stripes, to ceremonial songs and dances, the countries of Saudi Arabia, Qatar, and the United Arab Emirates greeted the president with lavish displays of wealth and extravagance.

Trump — who himself has a gold-gilded apartment modeled after the French Palace of Versailles, complete with a diamond-encrusted front door — seemed to love the royal treatment.

"As a construction guy, this is perfect marble," Trump said to Qatar's Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani, gesturing around him at a Qatari palace.

"This is what they call perfecto. We appreciate those camels," he said. "I haven't seen camels like that in a long time. And really, we appreciate it very much."

In the first overseas trip of his second term, the president visited the three oil-rich Persian Gulf countries in hopes of securing major deals with them — and on that promise, he seems to have mostly delivered.

According to the White House, Saudi Arabia committed to investing $600 billion in the US (though details on the deals remain vague), Qatar agreed to an economic exchange worth at least $1.2 trillion, and the United Arab Emirates pledged over $200 billion in commercial deals with the US.

Trump has also said he'd like to accept Qatar's offer of a jumbo jet, worth as much as $400 million, to use as his Air Force One — raising legal and ethical concerns from critics and MAGA loyalists alike.

Here's a look inside Trump's grand welcomes in the Middle East.