Incoming President Donald Trump, who sent an envoy to participate in the negotiations, is unsurprisingly taking credit for the timing of the deal.
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Donald Trump and the New Middle East
When he enters the White House on Monday, President Trump will be faced with an unprecedented opportunity to reshape the region for the better.
Unlike past incoming presidents, Trump knows how to get his agenda done because he already had one term sitting in the Oval Office.
Donald Trump’s forthright warning that “all hell will break out” if Iranian-backed Hamas terrorists fail to release the remaining Israeli hostages held captive in Gaza marks an important change of direction from the vacillation that defined the Biden administration’s approach.
Under the terms of the deal, Hamas will release 33 hostages over a period of 42 days, including women, children, the sick, and men over the age of 55. Three of these hostages will be released the first day, another four on the second day, then three at a time in each week, with the final 14 released on the final week.
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As President Joe Biden prepares to leave office next week, he remains insistent that his one-term presidency has made strides in restoring American credibility on the world stage and has proved that the U.
As President Joe Biden prepares to leave office next week, he’s insistent that his one-term presidency has made strides in restoring American credibility on the world stage and has proved that the U.S.
Trump attributed his seemingly remarkable shift in worldview to the changed geopolitical landscape between his tenures as president. He claimed that in his first administration, he “defeated ISIS” and “had no wars.” Now, he said, he is returning to power with “a world that is burning.”
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