This handout photograph released by the Lebanese Presidency press office on July 19, 2026 shows Lebanon's President Joseph Aoun being received by US Secretary of State Marco Rubio in Washington, DC. Aoun had left Beirut on July 18 for Washington, where he is expected to meet US President Donald Trump after the latest round of Lebanon-Israel talks wrapped up in Italy. It is the first trip to Washington by a Lebanese head of state since Michel Sleiman was received by Barack Obama in 2009. (Photo by Lebanese Presidency / AFP via Getty Images)