ABC News host Martha Raddatz joined the co-hosts of “The View” on Thursday and said President-elect Trump’s team “clearly had an effect” on the ceasefire agreement between Israel and Hamas.
“Well, there are certainly hostage families on the streets of Tel Aviv who say it’s Donald Trump who helped get this over the line, and they’ve worked hand in hand. You have to give the Biden administration support for everything they’ve done. done so far,” Raddatz said when co-host Alyssa Farah Griffin asked him about the role Trump played.
“But you’ve heard President-elect Trump say there would be hell if the hostages weren’t released, if there wasn’t a ceasefire agreement before he took office. And that seems to have resonated there. Whether it really caused Hamas problems. We don’t know anything about that across the board, but it did have some effect. And those two governments working together really seemed to make a difference. President Biden was heard saying, “Do you think that’s a joke?” Is Donald Trump fully responsible for this?’ But they clearly had some effect,” she added.
President Biden, who touted the ceasefire in a speech Wednesday, also pushed back against a question from Fox News senior White House correspondent Jacqui Heinrich about whether Trump deserves credit for the deal.
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ABC’s Martha Raddatz said on “The View” that Donald Trump had an effect on the ceasefire deal. (Screenshot/ABC/TheView)
Biden praised the ceasefire during his farewell speech on Wednesday.
“My fellow Americans, I address you tonight from the Oval Office. Before I start, I just want to comment on some important news from earlier today. After eight months of non-stop negotiations, my government – through my government – concluded a ceasefire and a hostage agreement was concluded between Israel and Hamas, the elements of which I explained in detail in May this year,” said Biden in his opening speech.
Israel and Hamas reached a ceasefire agreement on Wednesday that also guaranteed the release of hostages. A recent meeting between Trump’s incoming Middle East envoy, Steve Witkoff, and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu reportedly played a crucial role in the deal, sources told Fox News Digital.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has accused Hamas of abandoning the deal with new demands and indefinitely postponed a cabinet vote on the agreement.
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President-elect Donald Trump speaks during a press conference at Mar-a-Lago, Tuesday, January 7, 2025, in Palm Beach, Florida. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
Secretary of State Antony Blinken said this on Thursday he expects the agreement between Israel and Hamas, which comes into effect on Sunday.
“I think this week was another reminder of both the power and purpose of American leadership and diplomacy. During fifteen months of devastating conflict between Israel and Hamas, we worked to broker a deal that would bring hostages home, that would stop the fighting and increase humanitarian aid to people who desperately need it. That would create the space to conclude a permanent ceasefire,” Blinken said.
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Emma Colton and Greg Norman of Fox News contributed to this report.
