U.S. Vice President JD Vance, joined by Special Envoy Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner, addressed the media in Kiryat Gat, Israel, from the Civilian Military Coordination Center (CMCC) where U.S. troops oversee Gaza ceasefire operations. The U.S. team praised Israeli cooperation, highlighted progress on hostages and humanitarian aid, and reaffirmed America’s role in stabilizing the region. WATCH:
Simultaneous to this visit, President Trump released the following statement:
“Numerous of our NOW GREAT ALLIES in the Middle East, and areas surrounding the Middle East, have explicitly and strongly, with great enthusiasm, informed me that they would welcome the opportunity, at my request, to go into GAZA with a heavy force and “straighten our Hamas” if Hamas continues to act badly, in violation of their agreement with us. The love and spirit for the Middle East has not been seen like this in a thousand years! It is a beautiful thing to behold! I told these countries, and Israel, “NOT YET!” There is still hope that Hamas will do what is right. If they do not, an end to Hamas will be FAST, FURIOUS, & BRUTAL! I would like to thank all of those countries that called to help. Also, I would like to thank the great and powerful country of Indonesia, and its wonderful leader, for all of the help they have shown and given to the Middle East, and to the U.S.A. TO EVERYONE, thank you for your attention to this matter! PRESIDENT DONALD J. TRUMP“
This shouldn’t come as a surprise to anyone given past action of Hamas.
Letting the other Muslim countries get this under control is something that has not been tried and I feel it’s the only way forward. However, until the Koran is “edited” their will still be a justification for extremists to continue the violence.
Looks like it is going O.K. to me.
I defer to The Donald.
He’s half crazy you know. So was Andy Jackson. He’s on the $20. So was Teddy Roosevelt. He’s on Mt. Rushmore. Brits thought Churchill was bat-sh** crazy and drunk till Hitler got to nipping on their a**.
Plus, our other choices were Hillary Clinton, Joe Biden and Kamala Harris. You can’t forget that, even if you have regrets…which I do not.
Sometimes you have to take a chance on Crazy. Sometimes it works out.
Thomas Jonathan ‘Stonewall’ Jackson.
Hurrah for Stonewall!
Such a tragic end for a great General.
Not sure what this post means? Obviously Stonewall Jackson and Andrew Jackson are two completely different people in different times. Stonewall was 5 in Andrew’s first presidency.
I don’t think he’s crazy.
He had a lot of influence in his life from Norman Vincent Peale the author of “The Power of Positive Thinking” along with a lot of experience and tremendous success in high level business deals giving him a lot of confidence and like Churchill, he never gives up.
I can understand it seems crazy because he is handling things that, to me, seem insurmountable. The sheer guts it takes to make such huge decisions that affect the country and the whole world while remaining so calm and confident is beyond me.
Very, very few people could accomplish what he’s doing. We are lucky to have such a man in our lifetime.
He is anything but crazy. A man that has spent his life building things. And he continues. God Bless President Trump.
God has been training him his whole life similar to King David.
We are blessed by God.
People said Martin Riggs was crazy too. He wasn’t.
Crazy like a fox
Indonesia? Didn’t see that coming.
Watch the Indonesian President’s speech at the UN and you will see it – largest muslim population in the world, btw……
If memory serves me, in the turmoil left behind by the European countries ending their hold over colonies in Africa in the 1960s, Indonesian troops were sent, to the Congo I believe, to quell tribal violence as part of a UN-related peacekeeping force. In one village, someone attacked one of the “little guys”, who then proceeded to kill all the villagers except one…the one let loose to spread the word. No one touched another Indonesian after that.
If I had to have a Muslim contingent in Gaza to keep the peace, I would always pick the “little guys”.
Not Crazy very smart unpredictable doing the right thing always.
… He’s
half crazyyou know… — He’s a New Yorker you know… – fify.Eventually, people will come to understand the difference between being crazy/arrogant/egotistical et al – as being a full blooded New Yorker!
Threats don’t work on irrational actors.
Correct. See also Iran.
Bring the popcorn!! Would love to see the other middle-eastern nations go in and smoke Humas. Pay per view would be a winner
They work when the irrational actors can see the hammer raised above their head.
Any agreement with Hamas might as well have been written on water. I’m guessing it really was just to get the living hostages back. B@stards.
Removal of Hamas was always in the cards for this deal to take shape. Nothing personal; just business. As long as the Israelis don’t do it.
Every time I see/hear Vance speak I can’t shake the impression that he is auditioning for President. Lately he has adopted certain “Trump-like” gestures as he enters the stage. It is somewhat artificial but I guess that’s to be expected for someone who is the presumptive nominee for 2028.
Frankly, his charisma can’t hold a candle to Trump’s.
Trump is a one-off – never to be seen again.
And will leave big shoes to fill.
Perhaps he will bring his own shoes. Let’s just pray they reside at 1600 Penn. Ave.
The Republican FDR?
Respectfully….What charisma??!
When one spends a lot a time around a person whom one admires, it’s human nature to pick up some of their mannerisms and gestures.
Ever wonder why a person has the same walk as his father or tilts his head the same way as his mother? It’s not DNA; it’s the result of subconscious mimicking. If VP Vance is emulating, there’s nothing artificial about that.
Rob DeSantis did exactly the same thing, well before he began his run following the raid on Mar A Lago.
Once you see the strings…
An amazing man, our President Trump! Blessings to him! 🙏🏻🙏🏻
“Palestine was invented as a way of allowing guilt-ridden liberals despairing of Western civilization and traditions to have a torrid affair with third world violence and politics, an emotionally thrilling if morally vacuous assignation, which the only ones ever to pay any price would be those pesky Jews.” — UATX Distinguished Fellow @liel
https://x.com/uaustinorg/status/1980353940764934404
Obviously, Vice President JD Vance, Special Envoy Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner, along with President Trump, consider Israel to be very much a friend and not an enemy. An asset, not a millstone.
Word it as softly as one pleases, but to be anti-Israel is to effectively be pro-Hamas.
George W. Bush? Is that you?
How many Americans have died since 2001 due to similar assertions?
Bannon is wanting Rubio gone bc he wore a yamika and prayed at the Wall….millions of ppl wear one out of respect when they pray there..what’s the big deal? Idk
nancy…is he catholic or jewish ???
The Catholic Pope also wears a yamak and also beleives he is leading the heirs of the people whoms temple the western wall was a part of.
One Rubio is worth a thousand Bannons.
Years ago I read where the Palestinians, from the 1st grade onward, were taught there is no higher honor, no cause more
noble in life that to kill a jew. If they would kill just one jew and even die in the process, their life would have served a purpose.
The highest goal one might attain in this life, Allah willing.
Now I don’t know if that’s still taught over there, hopefully not. But if it is, than “straightening out Hamas” might be
the only brutal, ugly way to a real peace.
It is still taught there starting at the youngest age, and families of martyrs are rewarded and the mothers talk about their pride……
There are parallels between Islam and Shintoism, the state religion of Japan before 1945. Shintoism said the emperor was divine, and sacrificing one’s life for him, even suicidally, was an honor. The solution, per MacArthur, was to stop Shintoism as a state religion in Japan. Need to do the same in Gaza.
https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/December-15/macarthur-orders-end-of-shinto-as-japanese-state-religion
I love it when Trump says “Wink, Wink, Nod, Nod”
“Saved for last for a very specific reason.”
Israel should have wiped them out. Hamas will NOT disarm
Hamas has sworn to repeat Oct 7 over and over again.
You cant play nice with Muslim Brotherhood terrorists
Qatar and Turkey support them
America has been infiltrated too. Why Trump made this deal I don’t know.
Its a bad one.
Iran is rebuilding too
Hamas murderers AND CIVILIANS MURDERED WITH GLEE.
https://nitter.poast.org/ThatAlexWoman/status/1980644755156398424#m
Maya Regev was shot by Hamas.
She said doctors in Gaza poured chlorine, alcohol and apple cider vinegar into her gunshot wound
Due to the injuries from Hamas terrorists she had to learn to walk again after being released from Hamas captivity as a hostage.
She had a fungal infection in her bones
https://www.timesofisrael.com/theyd-purposely-cause-pain-ex-hostage-describes-cruel-treatment-by-gazan-doctors/
You cant hate Hamas enough
New Developments on Gaza Deal:
1. Diplomatic Clash: Disagreements arose between the U.S., Israel, and Egypt during meetings with the head of Egyptian intelligence, coinciding with the arrival of U.S. Vice President JD Vance in Israel.
While the Americans want to begin the second phase of Trump’s plan, the Egyptians aim to deploy foreign forces to Gaza in the coming days, but Israel opposes the move at this stage, arguing Hamas can return more deceased hostages without external help.
2. Hamas Delays: Israeli security officials told the Egyptian intelligence chief that Hamas is deliberately stalling and that all deceased hostages must be returned before moving forward with the American plan.
3. International Force: Meanwhile, a list of countries willing to send troops to Gaza as part of an Arab-led international force to maintain the ceasefire is taking shape: Egypt, Azerbaijan, Qatar, Jordan, Indonesia, the UAE, and Morocco are still deliberating (under U.S. pressure), while Turkey faces Israeli objections.
4. U.S. Influence: On Thursday, the U.S. Vice President will meet with Chief of Staff Zamir. Even in this case, the final word may ultimately come from the Americans.
https://nitter.poast.org/Osint613/status/1980696121786708338#m
Thank you!
Arab participation in past US-led international forces:
As Trump says, “We’ll see what happens.”
Qatar is a snake. This what the emir said in their parliament yesterday
@Osint613
16h
Emir of Qatar:
“What has taken place in the Gaza Strip over the past two years amounts to genocide – a term that encapsulates all atrocities. It is regrettable that international legitimacy remains incapable of enforcing its respect when it comes to the tragedy of our brotherly Palestinian people.
We hereby reaffirm our condemnation of all Israeli violations and practices in Palestine, particularly the transformation of the Gaza Strip into an area unfit for human life, the continued breaches of the ceasefire, the expansion of settlements in the West Bank, and the ongoing attempts to Judaize al-Haram al-Sharif.
We also reaffirm that the Gaza Strip is an integral part of the Palestinian territories and of the unified State of Palestine.”
Unbelievable.
You cant make peace with Koranimals from the Muslim Brotherhood
https://nitter.poast.org/Osint613/status/1980568705688830412#m
@destinationXIX
Oct 7
For years, people mocked anyone who warned about Islamist long-term strategies. Now it’s unfolding in plain sight.
The Muslim Brotherhood and its allies don’t rely on one tactic – they use immigration jihad, money jihad, political jihad, birth jihad, and of course violent jihad.
Each one chips away at Western resilience in different ways, all serving the same ideological goal: the spread of Islamist rule.
To them there is “Dar Al-Islam” (“the house of Islam”), and “Dar Al-Harb” (the house of war) – the latter to be made house of Islam through war.
Dismissing “jihad” as merely “spiritual struggle” is like pretending Mein Kampf (“My struggle” in German) was just a self-help book.
Imagine falling for that twice.
The ideology is openly stated – you just have to take it seriously.
Israel is living the front line of what Europe is sleepwalking into.
Islamists can’t tolerate non-Muslim sovereignty, especially on lands they once colonized.
That’s why Israel (like Spain) is a particular obsession: Judaism and Christianity re-emerged there, defying Islamist supremacy.
A strong Israel is literally blasphemy, and Spain is so confused it’s joining it’s own enemy against those who fight it.
Qatar bankrolls and platforms this machine – funding the Muslim Brotherhood, buying influence in universities and media, weaponizing Al-Jazeera as a propaganda arm.
Meanwhile, waves of unvetted, military-aged men enter Europe; mosques become hubs for radical preaching; birthrates shift demographics; and short-sighted leaders keep feeding the crocodile, hoping to be eaten last, and emboldening the same terrorists – that start riots and “intifada” in the west – driving away the Jews – and showing their weakness to the predators, awaiting to feast.
Europe is approaching a breaking point.
Islamist movements are patient, organized, and ideological.
Western elites are distracted, divided, and afraid of being called names, and woke demoralization campaigns make sure it’s stays that way.
If Europe wants to survive as a free civilization, it has to wake up – before it’s too late, stand with Israel, and stop mistaking appeasement for virtue.
https://nitter.poast.org/destinationXIX/status/1975672870044115366#m
But how do we save New York from Mamdani?
So far Vance is the leading illusion of choice 2028 candidate for President. The Club might not even have to rely on election fraud to make it happen similar to meatball Ron’s 2022 election in Florida. There was no need to manipulate the results in Florida because the Clubs man already had most of the voting bloc completely fooled into believing he was MAGA
We need all our military out of the Mid East. We cannot allow Israel to dictate our policy and use our military and resources to fight their wars. It is against our national interest. Enough is enough.
Dumb is dumb, isn’t it?
Not talking about you,, but perhaps those who express similar comments to yours – no doubt you are smarter than that, I’m sure……..
I fully stand by the position that the control by Israel of our Congress, President, military, CIA and acess to and with unlimited spending from our national treasury is a major liability and unacceptable to our national sovereignty and security.
That a foreign country purchasing Congress and primary influence in policy making by the Presidential Administration and Pentagon in initiating wars, special terror operations, funding and creating terrorist organizations is treasonous.
If you consider that “dumb”, so be it. It is clearly un Constitutional and therefore illegal, as well as demonstrably catastrophically detrimental to our nation.
Well said!
🇺🇸🇺🇸America First🇺🇸🇺🇸
✝️✝️✝️
Agreed. This behavior needs to be nipped in the bud before we are dragged into doing something dangerous for our country.
You have made it very clear that you are one of many in our country who have no grasp of your own self interest, or, perhaps, a troll – here only to stir things up.
I guess you would let the Islamists run wild, like Obama did – no destruction of Isis, no attack on Iran as we just did…….
Did you march on No Kings Day to express your displeasure?
Since when is somebody a troll who is arguing for the defense of our own country – not others?
Why is it dumb to point out that we have boots on the ground in Gaza?
That you disagree with a policy position held by something like 80-90% of Americans does not make the other person dumb.
Your position is not held by even a majority of Americans – have you decided that President Trump is no longer worthy of your support?
is his team – Witcoff, Lutnick, Kushner, at al, just too ‘Jewish’ for you?
Have you ever heard the Islamists call, not just for the destruction of Israel, but of the US as well?
Are you watching the election in New York City for mayor?
Have your heard of Rashida Tlaib, with a Palestinian flag outside her office?
How about Ilhan Omar?
Have you seen the way London has been overrun? Toronto?
But no worries – Israel is the problem?
Geez!
Weak tea. I don’t worship other people. You should stop doing that.
This isn’t 1993 any more. 20 years of effed up stupidity in Iraq, Afghanistan, Somalia, Lebanon, Syria…
You’ve lost every single effing one of those.
Every. Single. One.
A little self awareness might do you some good.
🇺🇸🇺🇸America First!🇺🇸🇺🇸
👏👏👍👍
And it definitely goes against ‘AMERICA FIRST”
Fun fact: Gaza is only 3 miles wide at its narrowest and 7 miles at its widest. It is only 20 miles long. Such a small area, yet the tonnage of weapons Netanyahu’s IDF has dropped on Gaza is More than the U.S. dropped in all of World War II…..
And Israel cannot defeat the resistance. Just as we could not defeat the Yemeni tribesmen or the Afghan tribesmen.
It’s something people in DC fail continuously to grasp. The “Palestinians” are Hamas, and Hamas is them. We get told Hamas is some sort of grafted-on organization. But it’s not. Hamas is every citizen in the country.
Although I disagree with their characterization of this war being “a genocide”, if you understand that Hamas = Everyone in Gaza, then calling for the extermination of Hamas does imply something very violent.
I may be one of the few people rolling his eyes at the premature declarations of peace in the Middle East.
And yet – Hezbollah, Houthis, even Iraq on its heels – and Hamas hollowed out – after the destruction wrought in this war, the Palestinians will think very hard before starting another – and about their relationship with Iran that has completely isolated them from the rest of the Arab world……
The Palestinians are an imaginary group of radicalized jihadists living in Gaza and the West Bank. Largely dedicated terrorists who want Israel and America wiped off the face of the earth.
Somewhat of a simplification-
Hezbollah, Houthis, even Iraq on its heels – and Hamas hollowed out – after the destruction wrought in this war, the Palestinians will think very hard before starting another – and about their relationship with Iran that has completely isolated them from the rest of the Arab world……
this Associated Press one of Vice President JD Vance holds press conference in Israel is a bit longer; 21 minutes, so had the final few questions:
More awesome, god bless trump, his family, and entire administration.
Only problem; the last time a leader tried to do the right thing in the middle east, the Muslim Brotherhood assasinated him. If these allied countries go in and take out Hamas, it could cause even greater problems than if Israel tiik care of it. But what do I know? Maybe the muslims are looking for a daddy like the EU.
The Palis are disliked across the region. They’re holed up in Gaza because no country will have them. We let them come here to the US, and what do they IMMEDIATELY start doing? Try to destabilize our government through (for now) angry AntiAmerican protests.
Trump has a talent for ‘Reading the Room’ and his strategic use of, for lack of a better word, Flattery. Other Muslim states know how to deal with the radical Islamist Loonies that comprise Hamas and will give them the same sort of treatment that Hamas is giving those ‘Palestinians’ that they thought were too friendly to those Jooz. I’m referring to the dragging men into the street and breaking their limbs with a piece of iron pipe; an unspeakably cruel act. These rabid jackals need to be put down as quickly and publicly as possible.
Yes, you read that right. We now have boots on the ground in Gaza.
And yes, you read that right, “Hamas” didn’t agree to anything. Mossad killed their leaders, and what is left is probably something akin to the Somali warlords in Mogadishu. They had terms dictated to them.
I will root for success, while waiting for the news that, “Welp, they just wouldn’t play ball, so now we’re doing air strikes and sending in SOF teams to “police” the city.
Urban warfare is awesome.
The US Military as a Meals on Wheels operation…also, what?
How do you get US troops on the ground in a war nobody at home supports? You call it peace.
This is, essentially, what the Europeans and DC war mongers want in Ukraine, too.
I’ll remain skeptical, thank you very much, and hope this doesn’t turn into Beirut, 1983.
https://www.history.navy.mil/browse-by-topic/wars-conflicts-and-operations/middle-east/lebanon.html
Btw, I used to work with Bobby Goodman, the A6 pilot referenced in the above link. Cool guy.
My take is Hamas is breaking apart into tribal fragments. It is an ever shrinking sphere of resource and influence. Loyalties are shifting and retributions follow.
My prediction is a “moderate” is raised up by Qatar for credibility and endorsed by the remaining coalition.
That chosen one will be the head of a new Gaza government with a significantly armed police force and Egypts military will disarm the rest.
Many former fighters will join the new police force, who wants to be gunless in a post apocalyptic society.
You make this work by insuring the police force is handgun only. No rifles no trucks scooters should be good enough for keeping the peace
As of October 6th, 2025, The Center Square Voters’ Voice Poll (conducted by Noble Predictive Insights) for the 2028 President Election has JD Vance at 38%; Donald Trump Jr. at 25%; Not Sure at 15%; Ron DeSantis at 6%; Marco Rubio at 4%; etc.
We’re three years away from November 7, 2028, of course.
VP Vance should sue this parsel-tongued evil snake still slithering around with unsubstantiated what she “thinks” smears. She floats the notion that JD Vance is a wife abuser.
https://www.foxnews.com/video/6383516962112
Worth watching…….
https://x.com/tedcruz/status/1981034115290824783