Former Secretary of State Antony Blinken suggested that President Trump’s ceasefire agreement between Israel and Hamas was based on Biden administration policy.
“It’s good that President Trump adopted and built on the plan the Biden Administration developed after months of discussion with Arab partners, Israel and the Palestinian Authority,” Blinken wrote in a lengthy post on X. “It centers on temporary, transitional authorities for Gaza’s governance, security, humanitarian assistance, and rebuilding, led by Arab and international partners alongside Palestinians, backed by the United States, and ultimately handed over to full Palestinian control.”
“Tremendous challenges lie ahead that will require sustained focus, pressure and persistence to overcome. But President Trump has a historic opportunity to help make that vision real,” Blinken added. “I pray for his success, and the success of everyone working toward that goal, because peace, once achieved, belongs to no single leader or nation.”
Fox News senior White House correspondent Peter Doocy asked President Trump about the statement, to which the President said, “Everybody knows it’s a joke,” Trump said. “Look, they did such a bad job. This should have never happened.”
“If just a decent president — not a great president like me — if a decent president were in, you wouldn’t have had the Russia-Ukraine [war],” Trump said. “This was bad policy by Biden and Obama.”
Upon signing the peace agreement in Egypt, Trump declared, “Together, we have achieved what everybody said was impossible. At long last, we have peace in the Middle East. We’ve heard it for many years, but nobody thought it could ever get there. And now we’re there.”
