The Tucker Carlson Show
Steve Witkoff’s Critical Role in Negotiating Global Peace, and the Warmongers Trying to Stop Him
21 Mar 2025
Steve Witkoff has no background in diplomacy but has turned out to be the most effective American diplomat in a generation. Here’s how he’s trying to resolve the conflicts in Gaza and Ukraine. (00:00) What Witkoff Has Learned as Trump’s Global Negotiator (04:10) Negotiating With Israel, Hamas, and Qatar (12:50) Will We Achieve Peace Between Israel and Hamas? (23:09) Why Corporate Media Hates Witkoff (33:55) Israel’s Goals (42:47) Trump’s Plan for Gaza Paid partnerships with: Identity Guard: Get a 30-day free trial and over 60% off when you sign up at https://IdentityGuard.com/Tucker iTrust Capital: Get $100 funding bonus at https://www.iTrustCapital.com/Tucker Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Steve, thank you so much for coming. So I think you've had one of the most, maybe the most remarkable life trajectories of anyone I've ever met. And you wind up close to Trump, you campaigned with Trump, you're an intimate friend of the president's, and you could have had any job you don't want any job because you're doing your own thing. And then he taps you as a
as a diplomat as a negotiator on behalf of him and you wind up becoming you know probably the most effective negotiator in my lifetime and you have you know you speak for the president I think everyone acknowledges that you're honest and people like you personally so those are obviously the foundations of effective diplomacy but what have you learned about negotiating at a you know on behalf of a country in the last couple months
Well, first of all, I think President Trump sets the table for all of us. He really does. This whole peace through strength thing, it's not just a slogan. It actually works. And so when he dispatches you to go to the Middle East, people are almost a little bit intimidated before you get there. And this goes for me and other people who are doing similar jobs.
So he sets the table in a pretty powerful way. But negotiating is being outcome oriented. I talk about this a lot. It's figuring out where you want to get to. That's Trump's game plan all the time. I sit with the president and we talk often about what the end game is. Where does he want to get to?
And once you decide where you want to get to, then it's all about tactically figuring out what that pathway is. With the Middle Eastern, you know, Tucker, when I first got in and I was talking to Brett McGurk, who was the envoy on behalf of Biden, he was a smart guy. Yes. He just didn't have a great boss giving him direction. So he couldn't really speak on behalf of Biden.
I was able to speak on behalf of Trump because we talked about it. We had a great conversation about it. He said to me, this is where I want to get to, Steve. And so when I went in there, I went in with the imprimatur of the president and it became a, you know, that's the difference maker.
But, I mean, clearly, and no one doubts that you speak for the president, that you know what the president wants because you know the president. You actually talk to him. You're not some guy he just hired. And that makes a huge difference. But it also seems like you think through where whoever you're negotiating with is coming from. Like, what do they want?
Well, there's no doubt I'm always trying to put myself in the shoes of the other person because a good deal has to work for everybody. But I want to just say this. When I say I speak for the president, it's not because I presume what he's thinking. It's because I ask what he's thinking. He is the president. I'm in my job only because of him.
And to me, I give him the respect of always asking the question, Where do you want to get to, Mr. President? And so that's critical. So now I know where he stands, and now it's about tactics. As you talk about from the other side's standpoint, it's important for me to know or to have a feeling of where the Israelis want to get to. What about the Qataris? They're the mediators at the table.
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