Under political fire at home, U.S. President Donald Trump sealed a $110 billion arms deal with Saudi Arabia on Saturday on his maiden foreign trip as he struggled to shift attention from the aftermath of his firing of the director of the FBI.

Donald Trump was taking off on Air Force One when the latest bad news pinged into the inboxes of his staff - a report that he had told Russian officials James Comey was "a nut job."

U.S. President Donald Trump told Russian officials that firing ex-FBI director James Comey took the pressure off, according to a report from the New York Times published Friday.