Trump celebrates historic Middle East peace deal ending Gaza war

President Donald Trump celebrated “peace in the Middle East” after signing the historic peace deal that ended two years of fighting in Gaza.

“We finally have peace in the Middle East, and it’s a very simple expression, peace in the Middle East,” Trump said during a speech in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, along with dozens of world leaders.

“We’ve been hearing it for many years, but no one thought it would ever get there. And now here we are.”

Trump continued: “This is the day that people in this region and around the world have worked, fought, hoped and prayed for. With the historic agreement we just signed, those prayers of millions have finally been answered. Together, we have achieved the impossible.”

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His remarks came after Hamas released the last 20 living hostages on Monday, as Israel relinquished its frontline position in Gaza over the weekend.

President Donald Trump celebrated “peace in the Middle East” after signing the historic peace deal that ended two years of fighting in Gaza. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

Now, according to Trump, mediators will begin working on phases two, three and four of the 20-point peace plan.

“This breakthrough that we are here to celebrate tonight is more than the end of the war in Gaza, it will be, with God’s help, the new beginning for an entire great Middle East,” Trump continued.

He expressed optimism that more Arab and Muslim-majority countries would rejoin the Abraham Accords, a series of normalization agreements with Israel, while lashing out at the Biden administration for its failure to move forward on those deals.

“We’re going to get a lot of people to sign on to the Abraham Accords. We have the big four nations that did it from the beginning, and they stayed there. And then there was the Biden administration, which is the worst administration in the history of our country. And obviously they didn’t do anything about it in anything else.”

Under the first Trump administration, Bahrain, Morocco, Sudan and the United Arab Emirates joined the Abraham Accords.

“We finally have peace in the Middle East, and it’s a very simple expression, peace in the Middle East,” Trump said during a speech in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, along with dozens of world leaders. (Suzanne Plunkett/Reuters)

“We don’t have Gaza and we don’t have Iran as an excuse. It was a good excuse, but we don’t have it anymore. All the momentum now is toward a great, glorious, lasting peace and our commitment to realizing the 20-point plan we developed together will be the crucial basis for realizing that bright future,” the president continued.

Trump said he believed the deal would mean an end to “terrorism” in the region. “We want to get rid of the terror and move on. There are many other things in life that are so good.”

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He suggested that the next phase of the peace plan – rebuilding from the rubble of Gaza – would be the easy part. “We all know how to rebuild and we know how to build better than anyone in the world.”

World leaders, including President Donald Trump and Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, pose for a family photo during a summit of world leaders on ending the war in Gaza. (Suzanne Plunkett, pool photo via AP)

At one point during his own speech, Trump called on Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif to speak. “Today is one of the greatest days in contemporary history because peace was achieved through tireless efforts, efforts led by President Trump, who is truly a man of peace,” Sharif said. He added that Trump was working “tirelessly” to lead efforts to “make this world a place to live in peace and prosperity.” Sharif also said that Pakistan had nominated Trump for the Nobel Peace Prize.

Trump, meanwhile, thanked Secretary of State Marco Rubio for his work on the pacing plan that has been in the works for nine months.

“I think he will go down as the greatest Secretary of State in the history of our country. I really believe that, Marco.”

He outlined an optimistic vision for the Middle East.

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“Let us continue in the spirit of cooperation and goodwill that ultimately led us to this incredible historic breakthrough. If we do it together, we will achieve the incredible destiny of the Middle East, a secure, prosperous and beautiful crossroads of culture and commerce, faith in humanity and geographic center. It will be the geographic center of the world.”