In interview with “60 Minutes”, Trump says he secured all Israeli hostages from Gaza, pushed Netanyahu, and “knocked the hell out of Iran.” He warns Hamas: “They’ll be taken out if they misbehave.”
In a wide-ranging interview with CBS’ 60 Minutes, which aired on Sunday night, US President Donald Trump highlighted his role in securing the release of Israeli hostages from Gaza, brokering a ceasefire, and ordering strikes on Iran’s nuclear infrastructure. “I did,” Trump confirmed when asked by interviewer Norah O’Donnell whether he was responsible for getting the remaining Israeli hostages out of Gaza. “I got all the hostages out. But I always said the last 10 or 20 are gonna be tough. But we were tough also, and they let 'em all out.”
Trump dismissed concerns that the ceasefire was fragile. “It’s not fragile. It’s a very solid - you know, I mean, you hear about Hamas, but Hamas could be taken out immediately if they don’t behave. They know that.” Asked how he would disarm Hamas, Trump replied, “If I want 'em to disarm, I’ll get 'em to disarm very quickly. They’ll be - they’ll be eliminated. They know that.”
The President also spoke emotionally about the return of the bodies of deceased hostages. “A lot of the parents… they knew they were dead, in some cases. Do you know that they were as anxious or even more anxious of getting their child out, even though they knew it was a body… than the people that had a living child?” On Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Trump said, “He’s a wartime prime minister. I worked very well with him… I had to push him a little bit one way or the other… He’s a guy that- has never been pushed before, actually.” (Read More)
