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Lebanese president to meet Trump at White House

Aoun’s historic D.C. visit comes amid U.S.-brokered talks to disarm Hezbollah and pilot the replacement of Israeli forces in Lebanon with Lebanese troops.

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio meets with Lebanese President Joseph Aoun at the Department of State in Washington, D.C., July 19, 2026. Official State Department photo by Mateo S. Melendy.
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio meets with Lebanese President Joseph Aoun at the Department of State in Washington, D.C., July 19, 2026. Official State Department photo by Mateo S. Melendy.

Lebanese President Joseph Aoun was set to meet U.S. President Donald Trump at the White House on Tuesday.

The former Lebanese Armed Forces commander’s visit marks the first by a Lebanese head of state to the White House in nearly two decades and his first face-to-face meeting with Trump.

His Washington trip comes amid U.S.-brokered talks between Jerusalem and Beirut to disarm the Iran-backed Hezbollah terrorist group and stabilize the border area, with pilot zones testing the replacement of Israeli forces in Lebanon with Lebanese forces.

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