Florida retiree detained in Saudi Arabia returns home following Prince’s visit to White House
November 20, 2025
A Florida retiree jailed in Saudi Arabia for social media posts critical of Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman has returned to the United States after four years of detention and travel restrictions. Saad Almadi landed in Philadelphia after Saudi authorities lifted the ban that had kept him from going home. His son Ibrahim greeted him and said Trump’s intervention helped end the ordeal. Almadi was arrested in 2021 during a family visit and sentenced to a long prison term on terrorism-related charges tied to tweets posted in the United States. He was later freed but barred from travel. His release comes as Trump promised to deepen ties with the Saudi leader during a visit to the White House this week.