Trump teases Middle East trip with Israel-Hamas peace deal ‘close’
The article reports that former President Donald Trump indicated that a peace deal between Israel and Hamas is “very close” to being reached. During a White House roundtable on antifa, Secretary of State Marco Rubio passed Trump a handwritten note stating the proximity of the deal and urging Trump to approve a Truth Social post to announce it first. Trump mentioned he might travel to the Middle East soon, possibly to Egypt, to finalize negotiations involving his representatives, including Jared Kushner and special envoy Steve Witkoff. He expressed optimism about ending the conflict in Gaza, which has persisted since Hamas’s attacks on Israel on October 7, 2023. rubio also expressed cautious optimism, noting good progress but emphasizing that some work remains.
Trump says peace deal between Israel and Hamas ‘very close,’ may travel to Middle East
President Donald Trump indicated that a peace deal between Israel and Hamas could be developing quickly after Secretary of State Marco Rubio was seen passing him a note during a roundtable on Wednesday.
Shortly after receiving the handwritten message from Rubio and a brief conversation between them, Trump announced that he was “just given a note by the secretary of state saying that we’re very close to a deal in the Middle East, and they’ll get to need me pretty quickly.”
The note, captured in a photo by the Associated Press, read, “very close. We need you to approve a Truth Social post soon so you can announce deal first.”
The development came during an East Wing roundtable on antifa, where Trump said at the top of his remarks that he may be visiting the Middle East “by the end of the week, maybe on Sunday.”
“Probably on Sunday, maybe Saturday, maybe a little later than Saturday evening,” he said at the time.
Trump also told reporters he had been on the telephone with his representatives in Egypt, including Middle East special envoy Steve Witkoff and son-in-law Jared Kushner, for final negotiations with Hamas.
When asked where he would be visiting, the president said he would “most likely” be headed to Egypt.
Trump added “there’s a very good chance” of reaching an agreement to end the war in Gaza, more than two years after Hamas’ Oct. 7 terrorist attacks on Israel and Israel Defense Forces ground operations in response in the enclave.
“Peace for the Middle East,” he said. “It’s a beautiful phrase, and we hope it’s going to come true, but it’s very close, and they’re doing very well. We have a great team over there, great negotiators. And there [are] unfortunately, great negotiators on the other side also, but it’s something I think that will happen, got a good chance of happening.”
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Rubio similarly projected confidence on Capitol Hill, telling reporters that “good progress has been made today.”
“Events are moving in a good direction, but there’s still some work to be done,” Rubio said.
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