Small moves have been made that could help achieve a Gaza ceasefire - but no certainty.
The US President hosted Israel's Prime Minister at the White House, as the world holds onto hope the war will end.
Donald Trump and Benjamin Netanyahu expressed interest in working together for peace in the Middle East, but seemed to downplay the prospect of Palestinian statehood.
Former Secretary of State Chief of Staff, Matt Terrill, says their shared dinner today was a good step in the path towards a deal.
"Obviously a ways to go here, but his administration feels good about where they're at - and about the direction forward here."
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
So Trump's had his dinner with Niittan Yahill in the
White House. They had a chinwag about working towards a
ceasefire deal with Gaza. Still haven't quite got one the possibility,
of course, of a two state solution.
Speaker 2 (00:11):
I think Pastitians should have all the pasts to govern themselves,
but none of the pasts would threaten us. And that
means a certain powers, like overall security will always remain
in our hands. Now that is a fact, and no
one in Israel will agree to anything else because we
don't comment suls now.
Speaker 1 (00:32):
Matt Tyrell is managing partner of Firehouse Strategies, former chief
of staff to Marco Rubio in the twenty sixteen campaign.
Mets with me on the show. Hi, Matt, sounds like
Trump's stactistic. Sounds like Trump is optimistic about a ceasefire.
Speaker 3 (00:48):
Yeah, I think that's right. I mean, look, I think
the President and his team are optimistic about a ceasefire
and for the opportunity really to finalize a piece deal
and to get the piece with respect to the war
between Israel and Hamas and you know present from campaign
and ending wars, and I think his goal, of course
is to end this war and to get to peace.
Speaker 1 (01:11):
And then of course of what happens after that. I
know that's a few days away, but what happens to
you know, refa after that. You're hearing about people wanting
to rip it up and build a new and all
sorts of different things.
Speaker 3 (01:23):
Yeah, I think we just need to take this one
step at a time, you know. To your point, that's
kind of in the future, and obviously, certainly the administration
have to work on next steps here with the Prime
Minister of Israel and other individuals, of course, But in
the micro it's getting to that piece deal, it's getting
to a cease fire, and part of that is going
to be dynamics as relates to getting hostages home. So
(01:47):
there's multiple things that need to take place here just
to get frankly to a ceasefire, to get to a
peace deal, and then from there, to your point, it
is certainly next steps, But I think this administration feels
cognant about the direction of where things are going here.
Obviously they met with the Prime Minister of Israel this
evening at a dinner. They opened up talking to the
(02:08):
press about President Trump did talking to the press at
the beginning of that dinner about what he expects and
what he wants to do here in terms of getting
the peace, but obviously a lot of moving parts here.
By I think this administration feels optimistic about betting the peace,
then of course about next steps as well.
Speaker 1 (02:23):
How on the right is Gaza for your average American.
Speaker 3 (02:28):
Well, certainly on the radar. I mean, look, this is
obviously something that you know, Americans have been focused in
non but obviously there's other conflicts taking place as well.
Obviously Americans want to see, you know, the end of wars.
You know, Americans voted for the majority of Americans obviously
voted for at least President Trump, and one of the
things he campaigned on was ending wars. That includes this
(02:51):
war between Israel and hamas of course the war between
Ukraine and Russia. And so look, the bottom line is,
I think President Trump is doing everything he can, at
least in his view, to get these wars to come
to an end. This is something that the majority of
Americans voted on. This was on the ballot, if you will,
in the last presidential election. And of course there's other
things taking place right now. We've had the passage of
(03:13):
President Trump's one big beautiful Bill. There's a lot going
down on the do best in front here of course
as well recently in the United States. But no question,
Americans are focused on foreign policy and they want to
see an end of wars.
Speaker 1 (03:25):
He's no doubt head winds in the last couple of weeks.
Looks like he's feeling like he's had winds too. Is
the public kind of behind him on that?
Speaker 3 (03:34):
Well? I think where the public is at least with
President Trump just in general, is you know, first and foremost.
I think President Trump has a lot of momentum y now,
you know. I think whether it's with a lot of
Americans supporting what he does relates to the airstrikes in Iran,
or whether it's you know, recently seen some domestic wins
for him as relates to his one big beautiful bill
(03:55):
getame passed. You know, he hit a recent you know
win if you will, at the Supreme Court here in
the United States. And then in the end, I think,
you know, him having momentum right now as it goes
into these peace discussions or negotiations if you will, to
end these wars, including Israel and hamas the war between
Israel and Hamas you know, I think he's got momentum
right now with the American people. Obvious, there's Americans who
(04:16):
just disagreed with what President Trump is doing on both
foreign policy and domestic front. But right now, I think
he's had a good stretch here, at least over the
past couple of days of big wins. And when you're
a president and you had that kind of momentum, that
helps you just on all fronts. And right now you
saw what he did this evening at the dinner. You know,
that's one step forward here. I think this administration of
(04:37):
getting this war to come to an end between Israel
and Hamas obviously a ways to go here. It sounds
like by this administration feels good about where they're at
and about the direction forward here.
Speaker 1 (04:48):
All right, man, thanks so much for that. That's Matt Tyrell,
who's managing partner of fire House Strategy, is former chief
staff of Michael Rubio in his twenty sixteen campaign, talking
about that meeting between nit Yahu and Trump. For more
from Hi Duplasy Allen Drive, listen live to News Talk
Set B from four pm weekdays, or follow the podcast
on iHeartRadio.
So Trump's had his dinner with Niittan Yahill in the
White House. They had a chinwag about working towards a
ceasefire deal with Gaza. Still haven't quite got one the possibility,
of course, of a two state solution.
Speaker 2 (00:11):
I think Pastitians should have all the pasts to govern themselves,
but none of the pasts would threaten us. And that
means a certain powers, like overall security will always remain
in our hands. Now that is a fact, and no
one in Israel will agree to anything else because we
don't comment suls now.
Speaker 1 (00:32):
Matt Tyrell is managing partner of Firehouse Strategies, former chief
of staff to Marco Rubio in the twenty sixteen campaign.
Mets with me on the show. Hi, Matt, sounds like
Trump's stactistic. Sounds like Trump is optimistic about a ceasefire.
Speaker 3 (00:48):
Yeah, I think that's right. I mean, look, I think
the President and his team are optimistic about a ceasefire
and for the opportunity really to finalize a piece deal
and to get the piece with respect to the war
between Israel and Hamas and you know present from campaign
and ending wars, and I think his goal, of course
is to end this war and to get to peace.
Speaker 1 (01:11):
And then of course of what happens after that. I
know that's a few days away, but what happens to
you know, refa after that. You're hearing about people wanting
to rip it up and build a new and all
sorts of different things.
Speaker 3 (01:23):
Yeah, I think we just need to take this one
step at a time, you know. To your point, that's
kind of in the future, and obviously, certainly the administration
have to work on next steps here with the Prime
Minister of Israel and other individuals, of course, But in
the micro it's getting to that piece deal, it's getting
to a cease fire, and part of that is going
to be dynamics as relates to getting hostages home. So
(01:47):
there's multiple things that need to take place here just
to get frankly to a ceasefire, to get to a
peace deal, and then from there, to your point, it
is certainly next steps, But I think this administration feels
cognant about the direction of where things are going here.
Obviously they met with the Prime Minister of Israel this
evening at a dinner. They opened up talking to the
(02:08):
press about President Trump did talking to the press at
the beginning of that dinner about what he expects and
what he wants to do here in terms of getting
the peace, but obviously a lot of moving parts here.
By I think this administration feels optimistic about betting the peace,
then of course about next steps as well.
Speaker 1 (02:23):
How on the right is Gaza for your average American.
Speaker 3 (02:28):
Well, certainly on the radar. I mean, look, this is
obviously something that you know, Americans have been focused in
non but obviously there's other conflicts taking place as well.
Obviously Americans want to see, you know, the end of wars.
You know, Americans voted for the majority of Americans obviously
voted for at least President Trump, and one of the
things he campaigned on was ending wars. That includes this
(02:51):
war between Israel and hamas of course the war between
Ukraine and Russia. And so look, the bottom line is,
I think President Trump is doing everything he can, at
least in his view, to get these wars to come
to an end. This is something that the majority of
Americans voted on. This was on the ballot, if you will,
in the last presidential election. And of course there's other
things taking place right now. We've had the passage of
(03:13):
President Trump's one big beautiful Bill. There's a lot going
down on the do best in front here of course
as well recently in the United States. But no question,
Americans are focused on foreign policy and they want to
see an end of wars.
Speaker 1 (03:25):
He's no doubt head winds in the last couple of weeks.
Looks like he's feeling like he's had winds too. Is
the public kind of behind him on that?
Speaker 3 (03:34):
Well? I think where the public is at least with
President Trump just in general, is you know, first and foremost.
I think President Trump has a lot of momentum y now,
you know. I think whether it's with a lot of
Americans supporting what he does relates to the airstrikes in Iran,
or whether it's you know, recently seen some domestic wins
for him as relates to his one big beautiful bill
(03:55):
getame passed. You know, he hit a recent you know
win if you will, at the Supreme Court here in
the United States. And then in the end, I think,
you know, him having momentum right now as it goes
into these peace discussions or negotiations if you will, to
end these wars, including Israel and hamas the war between
Israel and Hamas you know, I think he's got momentum
right now with the American people. Obvious, there's Americans who
(04:16):
just disagreed with what President Trump is doing on both
foreign policy and domestic front. But right now, I think
he's had a good stretch here, at least over the
past couple of days of big wins. And when you're
a president and you had that kind of momentum, that
helps you just on all fronts. And right now you
saw what he did this evening at the dinner. You know,
that's one step forward here. I think this administration of
(04:37):
getting this war to come to an end between Israel
and Hamas obviously a ways to go here. It sounds
like by this administration feels good about where they're at
and about the direction forward here.
Speaker 1 (04:48):
All right, man, thanks so much for that. That's Matt Tyrell,
who's managing partner of fire House Strategy, is former chief
staff of Michael Rubio in his twenty sixteen campaign, talking
about that meeting between nit Yahu and Trump. For more
from Hi Duplasy Allen Drive, listen live to News Talk
Set B from four pm weekdays, or follow the podcast
on iHeartRadio.
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