ABC News anchor Martha Raddatz joined the co-hosts of “The View” on Thursday and said President-elect Trump’s team “clearly had an influence” on ceasefire agreement between Israel and Hamas.
“Well, there’s certainly hostage families on the streets in Tel Aviv saying that Donald Trump helped get this over the line, and they’ve been working hand in hand. You’ve got to give the Biden administration props for everything they’ve done so far,” Raddatz said when co-host Alyssa Farah Griffin asked him about Trump’s role.
“But you heard President-elect Trump say there will be hell if the hostages aren’t released, if there wasn’t a cease-fire agreement before he took office. And that seems to have resonated there. Did that really put Hamas over lines, we don’t know about that, but it had some effect and it seems that what those two administrations were doing changed something do you think Donald Trump is fully responsible for this?’ But they obviously had some kind of effect,” she added.
President Biden, who praised the cease-fire agreement in a speech on Wednesday, also dismissed a question posed by 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 during “The View” that Donald Trump influenced the ceasefire agreement. (Screenshot/ABC/TheView)
Biden praised the ceasefire deal during his farewell address on Wednesday.
“My fellow Americans, I’m speaking to you tonight from the Oval Office. Before I begin, let me talk about the important news from earlier today. After eight months of non-stop negotiations, my administration – by my administration – a ceasefire and Israel and Hamas have reached an agreement about the hostages, the elements of which I detailed in May of this year,” Biden said in his opening speech.
Israel and Hamas reached a cease-fire agreement on Wednesday that also secured 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 key role in the deal, sources told Fox News Digital.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu accused Hamas of breaking the deal with new demands and postponed a cabinet vote on the deal indefinitely.
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President-elect Donald Trump speaks during a news conference at Mar-a-Lago, Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2025, in Palm Beach, Fla. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
This was said by State Secretary Antony Blinken on Thursday expects an agreement between Israel and Hamas which will take effect on Sunday.
“I think this week was another reminder of the strength and purpose of American leadership and American diplomacy. During 15 months of devastating conflict between Israel and Hamas, we worked to reach an agreement that would bring the hostages home, that would end the fighting, that would increase the humanitarian aid to the people who so desperately need it, which would create space for a permanent ceasefire to be concluded,” Blinken said.
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Fox News’ Emma Colton and Greg Norman contributed to this report.
