Tommy Vietor

So Trump pockets this yes from Netanyahu.

Then a few days later, Hamas responds to the plan with kind of like a yes, but they're like, yes, we do a hostage release.

Yes, we would transfer governance to some technocrats, but we're going to ignore the rest of your whole proposal, especially the parts like we have to disarm and no longer exist, etc.

And this is the moment where I think Trump was really pretty smart.

He just took that yes from Hamas and he ran with it.

He didn't call Netanyahu.

He didn't coordinate a messaging.

He didn't let Netanyahu shape it in the public.

He just said, yeah, this is great.

This is historic.

This is world peace.

And if anyone asks, well, what about the other stuff that you put forward that Hamas has to do that they ignored?

He was like, it's phase one.

We'll get to that later.

And that allowed all the parties to get into more detailed talks

where I think then surprisingly, Hamas gave this big concession where they said the IDF can remain in parts of Gaza.

There's some reports that they might control half of the Gaza Strip.

And what the Wall Street Journal says is, like Qatar and Turkey said to Hamas, like, it's now or never.

You agree to this, or we're no longer gonna give you diplomatic cover.

We're kicking your political office out of the country.