President Donald Trump is planning to receive Saudi Arabia's powerful Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman at the White House with all the trappings of a state visit, sources familiar with the matter said, including a welcome ceremony in the morning and a formal dinner in the evening.

"We're more than meeting," Trump said late Friday as he flew to Florida for the weekend.

"We're honoring Saudi Arabia, the Crown Prince."

While the White House has decided to pull out all the stops, the visit cannot be classified as an official state visit as Prince bin Salman is not Saudi Arabia's head of state.

That position is occupied by his 89-year-old father, King Salman.

But the crown prince has assumed almost all day-to-day responsibility for ruling the kingdom, and attends summits and other diplomat

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