For the Third Time in Fourteen Months, Trump’s Man Returns to Algeria to Discuss the Sahara
Massad Boulos, Donald Trump’s senior adviser, has just made his third visit to Algeria since July 2025. Received by Abdelmadjid Tebboune and Ahmed Attaf, he once again discussed the Sahara, without making the content of these discussions public.
Massad Boulos was on an official visit to Algiers on Sunday, September 13. This was his third trip to Algeria in fourteen months, following those in July 2025 and January 2026.
The American adviser first met with Ahmed Attaf one-on-one, before attending a meeting expanded to include the Algerian and American delegations. The two sides discussed their economic relations and the strengthening of strategic dialogue between Algiers and Washington.
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The Algerian Ministry of Foreign Affairs confirms that the discussions also covered three regional issues: Libya, the Sahel and Western Sahara. However, no details were provided about the positions defended during the meeting.
The Sahara absent from Boulos’s public statements
Massad Boulos was then received by Abdelmadjid Tebboune. The Algerian presidency confirmed the meeting in a brief statement relayed by the Algerian Press Service.
At the end of his talks, Donald Trump’s representative described Algeria as an important partner for regional security. He also emphasized the opportunities available to American companies and the development of energy cooperation. However, he made no public statement about the Sahara.
During his first visit to Algiers, in July 2025, Boulos had nevertheless reaffirmed that autonomy under Moroccan sovereignty constituted, for Washington, the only conceivable solution to the conflict. The American position has not changed since: the United States recognizes Morocco’s sovereignty over the Sahara and supports the autonomy proposal as the basis for a settlement.
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The new visit above all confirms that Algeria remains directly involved in the discussions led by Washington. Massad Boulos had already called on the various actors to accelerate negotiations, believing that it was no longer acceptable to let the process drag on.
No new initiative was announced in Algiers. But the repeated presence of Trump’s adviser with Tebboune and Attaf shows that the Sahara remains on the agenda of talks between the United States and Algeria, alongside the security, economic and energy rapprochement sought by the two countries.