Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said Sunday that it wasn’t his first sword dance in Saudi Arabia, but he was very out of practice.
“I hadn’t been practicing, Chris, but it was not my first sword dance,” Tillerson said in responding to “Fox News Sunday” host Chris Wallace.
Tillerson dances at dinner for POTUS and King Salman in Saudi Arabia pic.twitter.com/vfhqbvOAGb— Jim Acosta (@Acosta) May 20, 2017
He was speaking of a traditional Saudi dance that foreign leaders on state visits to the desert kingdom are asked to perform with the king.
Former President George W. Bush was very skilled in the dance.
President Trump was seen dancing a little bit too at the same pre-banquet ceremony in Saudi Arabia Saturday night.
Tillerson, as the former CEO of Exxon Mobil, had been to the kingdom on many occasions ahead of this weekend’s state visit by the president.
