Egyptian-American charity worker Aya Hijazi arrived in the US on Thursday, two days after she was released from pretrial detention in Egypt, The Washington Post reports. Hijazi was flown back to the US on a military aircraft and was escorted by a military aide to US President Donald Trump. Hijazi met with Trump and Ivanka Trump at the White House on Friday. The US president announced the visit in a video reel, complete with God Bless the USA as background music (watch, runtime 2:00). Hijazi and her brother, Basel, also met with Trump aides Jared Kushner and Dina Habib Powell. WaPo also published a video covering Hijazi’s White House visit, minus the nationalist soundtrack (watch, runtime 1:05).

Trump maintains that the US did not strike an agreement Egypt to secure Hijazi’s release, telling the Associated Press that during President Abdel Fattah El Sisi’s visit to Washington earlier this month, “I said I really would appreciate it if you could look into this and let her out.” The story is getting plenty of ink in the foreign press, including the Wall Street Journal (here and here), the Financial Times and Reuters. As expected, it is also the leading story on Egypt this morning. We have more in Egypt in the News (below).