Clearly, the entire world recognizes that this was the Trump effect,” said Rep. Mike Waltz (R-Fla.), who will serve as Trump’s principal adviser on all national security issues.
A senior administration official provided more details about how the Israel-Hamas ceasefire and hostage release agreement finally came together.
President Joe Biden announced Wednesday that a Gaza ceasefire deal “has been reached” between Israel and Hamas. Watch White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre’s briefing in the player above.
President Donald Trump's White House has instructed the U.S. military to release a hold imposed by the Biden administration on the supply of 2,000-pound bombs to Israel, a White House source told Reuters on Saturday.
White House principal deputy national security adviser Jon Finer said on Sunday that President-elect Trump’s team provided “significant support” in the recent ceasefire deal between Israel and Hamas. “We got significant support from the Trump team.
She kinda marketed it as a celebration of her and her tenure and unfortunately that took precedence over huge breaking news,” one source told The Post.
Both the Trump and Biden administrations have publicly claimed credit for pushing the agreement over the line.
White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre gave her final press briefing to reporters, and the last of the Joe Biden administration.
Donald Trump is no longer expected to impose a 25 percent tariff on Colombian imports after President Gustavo Petro accepted flights of deported migrants from the U.S.
Over the weekend, thousands of Lebanese, some of them being supporters of Hezbollah, had an encounter with Israeli Defense Forces.
Palestinians began arriving in northern Gaza, months after Israel ordered them to flee. The Israel-Hamas truce was holding after it appeared to falter over the weekend.