It’s been a very busy 36 hours for President Donald Trump. He brought peace to the Middle East. Once again, he trounced his doubters, ended the war in Gaza, and got Hamas to release the rest of the Israeli hostages taken during the October 7 attack two years ago. The remains of captives murdered by Hamas will also be returned.
The president addressed the Knesset and later flew to Egypt to make this ceasefire agreement, which Trump pitched at the end of September, official. As with anything relating to the president of the United States, he wasn’t on schedule, though this was intentional. Trump stuck around a little longer to meet with the families of the hostages.
🚨 WOW! This is EXACTLY the kind of man President Trump really is
— Eric Daugherty (@EricLDaugh) October 13, 2025
"This is the most powerful man in the world and yet he purposefully DELAYED his schedule so he could spend more time with the families of hostages, and hostages who had been freed in previous deals that he… pic.twitter.com/LDB0DxeyIA
In the span of 12 months pic.twitter.com/9y08WcBJha
— Rapid Response 47 (@RapidResponse47) October 13, 2025
Our own Katie Pavlich traveled with the president for this trip. Standing among world leaders, Trump delivered remarks about the new ceasefire and was awarded the Order of the Nile by Egypt.
After receiving high honors from Israel and Egypt, President Trump is on his way back to the White House. He leaves the Middle East as living hostage families go to sleep with their loved ones home 🇺🇸🇮🇱🇪🇬 pic.twitter.com/Xc3ls9tmlO
— Katie Pavlich (@KatiePavlich) October 13, 2025
Trump on the rebuild of Gaza: We will not fund terrorism, hatred or bloodshed like in the past.
— Katie Pavlich (@KatiePavlich) October 13, 2025
Thanks Katie for your great coverage of this historic trip. @POTUS = PEACE https://t.co/vEKyu0tOrH
— Pete Hegseth (@PeteHegseth) October 13, 2025
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“I'm deeply honored to receive from you Egypt’s highest honor, the Order of the Nile. The Nile is so beautiful, magnificent,” said the president.
.@POTUS and strong leaders are bringing PEACE to the Middle East. 👏
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"Behind me are the greatest leaders, most powerful leaders...They wanted to get Gaza straightened out...It went so smoothly no one could even believe it."
This is WORLD HISTORY in the making. pic.twitter.com/4Dqr1RiBw1
🚨@POTUS was told it could never be done, so he did it!
— Townhall.com (@townhallcom) October 13, 2025
POTUS: "They said 'This is the Middle East. It is the biggest, most complicated deal & also the place that could lead to tremendous problems like world war lll.'.. That's not going to happen."
He brought peace to the ME. pic.twitter.com/vUYhOHYy19
🚨POTUS: At long last we have peace in the Middle East!
— Townhall.com (@townhallcom) October 13, 2025
"Everybody said it was impossible...but now we are there."
President Trump is doing the IMPOSSIBLE!!👏 pic.twitter.com/JKIcES9m58
NOW — POTUS thanks President Sisi for awarding him the Order of The Nile.
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"I'm deeply honored to receive from you Egypt’s highest honor, the Order of the Nile. The nile is so beautiful, magnificent."👏 pic.twitter.com/bMi9tvjar8
WOW—PM of Pakistan says POTUS is the most wonderful candidate for the peace prize, because he made peace in South Asia, AND he's "saving millions of lives in the ME."
— Townhall.com (@townhallcom) October 13, 2025
"The world will always remember you as a man who did everything & went out of the way to stop 7 & today 8 wars." pic.twitter.com/VBG0auDKsG
President Trump snuck in a jab at Joe Biden during his address in Egypt.
— Townhall.com (@townhallcom) October 13, 2025
"Over 17 Trillion dollars are being invested into the United States...this has never been done. As an example, the previous administration had less than 1 trillion over 4 years."
Sleepy Joe could NEVER! pic.twitter.com/iGRtgqbt7S
MONUMENTAL MOMENT —
— Townhall.com (@townhallcom) October 13, 2025
"There's been tremendous conflict. We have a once-in-a-lifetime chance to put bitter hatred behind us. So many people in this room didn’t get along. This is the first time the Middle East crisis has brought people together as opposed to driving them apart." pic.twitter.com/eKPPeJjmKq
.@POTUS's Closing Remarks In Egypt:
— Townhall.com (@townhallcom) October 13, 2025
"Life over death, hope over strife, harmony over hatred. That’s what we want...Together, we're going to forge a magnificent, great, & enduring peace...God bless you all. God bless the Middle East. God bless your countries, & God bless you." pic.twitter.com/SYYmPwTQz6
He is the peace president.
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