Blinken says Trump’s Gaza peace plan based on Biden administration work

Former President Joe Biden and former Secretary of State Antony Blinken each claimed some credit score Monday for the ceasefire settlement between President Donald Trump and Israel.

On X, Biden – who’s present process therapy for most cancers – mentioned he was “very grateful and relieved” that the Gaza conflict is nearing its finish.

“The street to this deal was not straightforward,” the Democrat wrote. “My authorities has labored relentlessly to convey hostages residence, present help to Palestinian civilians and finish the conflict.”

However Biden additionally credited Trump with getting “a renewed ceasefire settlement throughout the end line.”

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President Joe Biden and Antony Blinken each took some credit score Monday for the ceasefire between Israel and Donald Trump’s Hamas, arguing that it was the inspiration laid by the Biden administration. (Getty Photographs)

“Now, with the assist of the US and the world, the Center East is on a path to peace that I hope will final, and a future for each Israelis and Palestinians with equal measures of peace, dignity and safety,” he concluded.

On Monday, Blinken mentioned Trump’s 20-point peace plan for the Gaza Strip was based mostly on a plan developed by the Biden administration.

In a prolonged put up on X, Blinken, who served within the Biden administration, outlined how Trump was capable of safe the peace deal. Noting that Arab states and Turkey have mentioned “sufficient” to Hamas, he mentioned the response additionally confirmed that different Iranian-backed teams – Hezbollah and Yemen’s Houthi rebels – weren’t coming to Hamas’ help.

“It begins with a transparent and complete post-conflict plan for Gaza,” Blinken wrote. “It’s good that President Trump has adopted and constructed on the plan that the Biden administration developed after months of dialogue with Arab companions, Israel and the Palestinian Authority.”

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Former Secretary of State Antony Blinken mentioned President Donald Trump’s 20-point ceasefire settlement was based mostly on the settlement developed by the Biden administration. (Armend Nimani/AFP through Getty Photographs)

Blinken mentioned the Biden administration briefly brokered a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas in January, ensuing within the launch of 135 hostages earlier than the deal fell aside.

He additionally questioned how Trump may safe a everlasting peace plan.

Fox Information senior White Home correspondent Peter Doocy requested Trump about Blinken’s feedback aboard Air Pressure One.

“Everybody is aware of it is a joke,” Trump mentioned. “Look, they did such a nasty job. This could by no means have occurred.’

“If there was only a respectable president — and never a fantastic president like me — if there was an honest president in energy, you would not have the Russia-Ukraine conflict,” Trump mentioned. “This was unhealthy coverage by Biden and Obama.”

Trump was in Egypt on Monday to work on the second part of the ceasefire, assembly with greater than two dozen world leaders.

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President Donald Trump delivers a speech on the Gaza Worldwide Peace Summit, in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, Monday, October 13, 2025. (Yoan Valat, swimming pool photograph through AP)

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‘We have been listening to about it for years, however nobody thought it will ever come to this. And now right here we’re,” Trump mentioned.

“That is the day that folks on this area and world wide have labored, strived, hoped and prayed for,” he added. “With the historic settlement we simply signed, the prayers of hundreds of thousands of individuals have lastly been answered. Collectively we now have achieved the not possible.”

In his put up, Blinken mentioned the post-war plan for Gaza have to be carried out instantly, “with eyes vast open on its challenges: assembling the Worldwide Stabilization Pressure, absolutely demilitarizing and disarming Hamas, coping with insurgents and rapidly reaching a phased however full Israeli withdrawal.”

Secretary of State Antony Blinken, heart, speaks with U.N. Secretary Common António Guterres, proper, and U.S. Ambassador to the U.N. Linda Thomas-Greenfield, left, at U.N. Headquarters in New York Metropolis on Oct. 24, 2023. (Timothy A. Clary/AFP through Getty Photographs)

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He additionally credited Trump with reaffirming “the important thing rules we established for Gaza in the beginning of the conflict — no platform for terrorism, no annexation, no occupation, no compelled inhabitants actions — and making clear that the general objective is to create the situations for a reputable path to a Palestinian state.”