Tommy Vietor

And the Egyptians were like, and on top of that, we're not gonna lobby for you to be part of the future governance of the Gaza Strip.

And so they said yes, and they agreed to it.

And everyone else just like punted on all the other stuff about Hamas disarming and having to de-radicalize, et cetera.

And also Trump, like he let Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner meet with Hamas directly.

Usually that's done through intermediaries.

That doesn't happen.

And that I think got them over the hump of feeling like, okay,

Hamas, that is, if they give up the hostages, as sick as it sounds, that's their leverage in this deal, right?

And they needed Trump's assurance that he would force the Israelis to go through with the rest of the deal.

So I really think he played a critical role here.

And I think you're right.

That's why...

The steel is so big.

It's an enormous moment.

It's like the entire... Everyone in Israel exhaled for the first time in two years, right?

But there's so much work ahead.

To your point, though, about how much more there is to do, it really is a mixed bag for the people of Gaza and the Palestinians because hopefully the ceasefire holds.

I mean, it's been two years of fighting.

I assume it will.

But this is a generational reconstruction project.