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Rarely the representatives of the current and new presidents of other parties have worked in combination at such a high time. But the president -elect and the president have fully shared the credit.
By David E. Sanger and Michael D. Shear
When the president chose Donald J. Trump, Middle East envoy Steve Witkoff met on Saturday with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel to put tensions on him on a ceasefire contract in Gaza, there are a few on the loudspeaker: Brett H. McGurk, president, Biden’s former negotiator in the Middle East.
Mr. McGurk in Doha, Qatar, leading the latest round of ceasefire negotiations.
It is a living example of cooperation between two men who represent bitter political rivals. Rarely, ever, did groups of existing and new presidents from elsewhere work in combination at such a high time, with the fate of American life and the long execution of a suspended devastating war.
Both Trump and Biden have loans for progress.
“This epic ceasefire agreement can only have happened after our historic victory in November,” Sanchez’s said. Trump on his social media site even before the deal was officially announced in the Middle East.
In the White House, Biden told reporters that their management had worked tirelessly for months to convince any of the parties to avoid the fight. He called it “one of the maximum and complicated negotiations that I have experienced” and paid tribute to “an ordinary United States team. Diplomats who worked tirelessly for months to do so. “
As he left the room, a reporter asked Mr. Biden, “Who gets credit for this, Mr. President, you or Trump?” Mr. Biden stopped, turned around and smiled.
“Is this a joke?” asked.
But despite the tension between the current president and the next one, their representatives in the Middle East described a cooperative working relationship in the weeks since Election Day.
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