President Donald Trump on Wednesday signaled his intent to focus on an ongoing humanitarian crisis in Sudan, a priority for Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman, whom the president met with in Washington this week.

Sudan has been racked by a 2 1/2–year-long civil war pitting the Sudanese Armed Forces against the Rapid Support Forces paramilitary group, which international institutions have accused the United Arab Emirates of backing. It’s plunged tens of millions into a humanitarian crisis..

“Food, doctors, and everything else are desperately needed,” Trump wrote on Truth Social. “Arab Leaders from all over the World, in particular the highly respected Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia, who has just left the United States, have asked me to use the power and influence of the Presidency to bring an immediate halt to what is taking place in Sudan.”

In meetings since his Tuesday arrival in Washington, the Saudi crown prince has communicated to Trump his desire for increased American involvement in managing the crisis. Saudi Arabia would like to see the U.S. do more to urge the UAE to stop backing the Rapid Support Forces, an Arab official told POLITICO, to discuss sensitive diplomatic discussions.

Prior to leaving office, former President Joe Biden accused the RSF of committing genocide in Sudan.

The president mentioned the Saudi government’s interest in the issue in a speech Wednesday at the U.S.-Saudi Investment Forum, telling the audience that “his majesty would like me to do something very powerful having to do with Sudan.”

“It was not on my charts to be involved in that,” he said. “I thought it was just something that was crazy and out of control. But I just see how important that is to you and to a lot of your friends in the room.”

Trump’s overture could draw the ire of several key Republicans, including Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) and Steve Bannon, who argue the president needs to focus less on foreign policy and more on domestic issues, including affordability, in light of GOP losses in a series of off-cycle elections this month.

In the weeks since, he’s hosted Syrian leader Ahmed al-Sharaa at the White House and elevated Saudi Arabia to the status of “major non-NATO ally,” deepening defense cooperation with Riyadh.

Felicia Schwartz contributed to this report.