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What recent developments occurred during President Trump's visit to the Middle East?
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Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Nora Rahm. President Trump is in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, for a gathering of world leaders on the future of Gaza. This follows his visit to Israel and today's release of the 20 remaining Israelis who had been held hostage by Hamas for more than two years. The remains of two deceased hostages were also released.
While in Israel, the president spoke to the Israeli parliament. NPR's Daniel Estrin reports.
In his speech, President Trump called it an exciting time for Israel and across the Middle East and even called for Israel-Iran peace.
Generations from now, this will be remembered as the moment that everything changes. began to change and change very much for the better.
Two members of a left-wing Arab-majority political party held up signs saying, recognize Palestine. Israel's parliament speaker ordered them to be ejected from the hall. Guards forced them out, lawmakers chanted Trump's name, and Trump said, That was very efficient. Daniel Estrin, NPR News, Tel Aviv.
President Trump says he's thinking about sending Tomahawk missiles to Ukraine. As NPR's Luke Garrett reports, Trump says he spoke to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky about the missiles during a phone call yesterday.
While flying to the Middle East on Air Force One, Trump said he talked to Zelensky about weapons and that he hopes to send more through NATO. But Trump says he hasn't made a decision on whether to send American long-range cruise missiles.
They'd like to have Tomahawks. That's a step up. They'd like to have tomahawks. We talked about that.
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