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How the Biden and Trump teams worked together to get the Gaza ceasefire and hostages deal done
« on: January 16, 2025, 11:02:49 am »
 
How the Biden and Trump teams worked together to get the Gaza ceasefire and hostages deal done
Story by Kevin Liptak, Michael Williams, Nikki Carvajal, Alayna Treene and Arlette Saenz, CNN • 14h •

When Qatar’s prime minister emerged Wednesday to declare — at long last — that a ceasefire-for-hostage deal had been struck in Gaza, representatives for two American administrations were on hand in Doha to bask in the victory.

The cooperation between the two was “almost unprecedented,” a senior Biden administration official said after the deal was clinched, made possible by a rare intersection of interests between bitter rivals who both saw an opening following Trump’s victory.
 
Brett McGurk, the longtime Middle East negotiator for President Joe Biden, had been planted in the Qatari capital for weeks in the hopes of a final agreement. He was joined in recent days by President-elect Donald Trump’s Middle East envoy, Steve Witkoff, for the final push.

At points, McGurk and Witkoff divvied up meetings across the Middle East to push the deal across the line, including critical talks between Witkoff and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu last week that McGurk joined by phone. If McGurk was focused primarily on the parameters of the deal, Witkoff was on hand to emphasize Trump’s desire to see a deal finished by Inauguration Day.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/how-the-biden-and-trump-teams-worked-together-to-get-the-gaza-ceasefire-and-hostages-deal-done/ar-AA1xgEf1?ocid=BingNewsSerp
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Re: How the Biden and Trump teams worked together to get the Gaza ceasefire and hostages deal done
« Reply #1 on: January 16, 2025, 11:05:45 am »
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/progressives-cheer-gaza-cease-fire-and-give-trump-credit/ar-AA1xh9sw?ocid=BingNewsSerp

This is scary.  Progressives just don't give Trump credit for anything without having a scheme in the workings. **nononono*
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Re: How the Biden and Trump teams worked together to get the Gaza ceasefire and hostages deal done
« Reply #2 on: January 16, 2025, 11:18:41 am »
Trump makes for a great bad cop because he can be so unpredictable, yet measured.
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Re: How the Biden and Trump teams worked together to get the Gaza ceasefire and hostages deal done
« Reply #3 on: January 16, 2025, 11:45:35 am »
At least Biden has one person who believes Trump had nothing to do with the deal. :laughingdog:


Biden says Americans will be among Gaza hostages released, snarkily refuses to credit Trump in sealing deal: ‘Is that a joke?’
By Steven Nelson
Published Jan. 15, 2025
 Updated Jan. 15, 2025, 3:16 p.m. ET
 
WASHINGTON — Retiring President Biden said Wednesday that US citizens will be among those released by Hamas as part of a Gaza Strip cease-fire deal with Israel — while refusing to give any credit to President-elect Donald Trump for escalating pressure on the terrorist group.

“I’m proud to say Americans will be part of that hostage release in phase one,” Biden, 82, said at the White House after Qatar’s government announced the agreement, in which hostages are expected to be released as early as Sunday.

Biden delivers remarks on the recently announced cease-fire deal between Israel and Hamas.
 
US officials say they expect two Americans — former North Carolina resident Keith Siegel, 65, and Sagui Dekel-Chen, 36, who grew up in Bloomfield, NJ — to be part of the initial release.

At least one other US citizen —  Edan Alexander, 20, of Tenafly, NJ — is believed to remain alive, but it’s unclear if he will be released imminently. Alexander was taken captive while serving in the Israeli military, whose personnel are due to be freed later under the terms of the deal.

https://nypost.com/2025/01/15/world-news/biden-says-americans-will-be-among-gaza-hostages-released-snubs-credit-for-trump-in-sealing-deal/
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