Trump Hails Mecca Defense Pact, Says Mideast Is “Coming Together”

Trump welcomes the Mecca Joint Defence Agreement signed by Saudi Arabia, Turkey and Pakistan on Aug. 7, calling the trilateral deal a big, bold, important first step toward regional security.

First Published: August 31, 2026, 11:41 AM ET

WASHINGTON D.C. — Donald Trump praised a new trilateral defense pact among Saudi Arabia, Turkey and Pakistan, calling it proof that the Middle East is coming together.

Trump welcomed the Mecca Joint Defence Agreement, signed Aug. seven, framing the deal as a step toward regional powers defending themselves without leaning on Washington according to dailysabah. He described the accord as a big, bold and important first step in the same post according to iranintl.

Here is the full post on truthsocial: “Trump Hails Defense Pact, Says Mideast “Coming Together”: https://www.newsmax.com/politics/trump-mecca-defense-pact-mideast/2026/08/16/id/1266287/” on August 31, 2026 at 11:33 AM ET.

This is Trump’s 6th message released today, and the last post was 2 minutes ago, and it is not part of a thread. On average, Trump produces 18 posts per day since his inauguration on January 20, 2025. The move fits a broader pattern in Trump’s recent messaging, with 69 of his 666 posts over the last 30 days classified as Foreign Policy posts.

Trump linked to a Newsmax report on the pact by mentioning the source (see newsmax). “Very happy to see that Saudi Arabia, Turkey, and Pakistan have recently, and finally, signed the Mecca Joint Defence Agreement,” Trump wrote earlier. He added that it shows how the Middle East is coming together and how countries will finally be able to defend themselves in a more meaningful way according to politicstoday.

President Donald J. Trump praised the Mecca Joint Defence Agreement at WASHINGTON D.C.

The three-way agreement was signed in Mecca amid an ongoing U.S.-Iran war that has spread violence across the region, including Iran-backed Houthi rebel attacks according to dailysabah. Pakistan’s foreign ministry said the pact means an attack on any member counts as an attack on all, describing it as a way to strengthen collective deterrence according to malaymail.

Under the pact, the three countries plan to set up strategic political and military mechanisms involving their defense and foreign ministers, along with chiefs of general staff or armed forces commanders according to dailysabah. Military cooperation is expected to expand gradually, beginning with command-post and field exercises before joint drills across land, naval and air forces, air defense assets and unmanned systems according to dailysabah.

The pact builds on an earlier Saudi-Pakistani mutual defense agreement that defined any attack on either nation as an attack on both according to politicstoday. Saudi Arabia, whose critical infrastructure and oil facilities have come under attack during the conflict, has sought to diversify its defense partnerships according to dailysabah. The three-way pact brings together three Muslim-majority countries with significant military capabilities, with Turkey a NATO member and Pakistan a nuclear-armed state according to politicstoday.

Pakistan’s Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif thanked Trump within hours, praising his kind words of support and saying the pact will continue to play a constructive role in defending the countries and the region according to dailysabah. Sharif credited Trump’s leadership with helping avert what he called a nuclear catastrophe in South Asia according to aljazeera. The three countries also committed to joining efforts to resolve the conflict between Iran and the United States according to malaymail.