U.S. SENATE – U.S. Senator Steve Daines today joined Newsmax to discuss President Trump’s historic Gaza peace deal.
Watch the full interview HERE.
Daines on how President Trump is the President of Peace:
President Trump is the President of Peace. He is the Peace President. What a remarkable moment, and hats off to President Trump’s bold leadership. Steve Witkoff, Marco Rubio, working with the Israelis, with Bibi Netanyahu and our Arab friends to bring us to this moment of the release of the hostages. And I’m reminded those words of “blessed are the peacemakers,” those are words spoken by Christ in northern Israel over 2,000 years ago, and President Trump has blessed the world with his peace-making ability…
…I was in Israel three weeks ago. In fact, I was on the border with Gaza standing there. In fact, I could hear F-16s overhead, Israeli F-16s, that were taking the fight to Hamas. And then later, that same day, I went to Jerusalem and had a one-hour meeting with Bibi Netanyahu talking about this exact goal, and that is to get the hostages released, to bring them home safely, back to their families. [It’s] just a remarkable resolve of Bibi Netanyahu, of President Trump, of our Arab friends who are working with us in the Middle East to bring us to this moment. This was risky for leaders. It’s something that Joe Biden could never have done. But it is really about peace through strength. It’s about resolve. That’s respected in the Middle East, and I’m thankful today that because of President Trump’s leadership, working with great leaders like Steve Witkoff, Marco Rubio, these hostages are going to be coming home. What a wonderful celebratory moment for those families who kept hope alive and now they’re going to see those hopes and prayers realized.
Daines on the future of Israel and Gaza:
Well, this is an important first step, certainly the release of the hostages. That was always the number one goal. But now, more difficult work begins, and that will be securing Gaza to ensure that there’s not a threat to the safety of Israel. Hamas needs to relinquish their weapons, and we need to have a different governing structure and authority in Gaza, and to rebuild Gaza, to get back to the root cause, the poverty, the suffering of the Palestinians in Gaza. It’s going to require the right leadership to restore peace and prosperity to Gaza. That’s the long-lasting solution that we will need to ensure that Gaza remains safe and Israel remains safe.
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