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President Donald Trump State Secretary of State Marco Rubio at the oval office ceremony swore a new special envoy in the Middle East on Tuesday.
Speaking before the oath, Trump praised Witkoff, who played a key role in ensuring an extended interruption between Israel and Hamas and the return of 33 hostages, including two Americans, who held Hamas.
Trump said that Witkoff “was with me, more or less on one or the other, each step of the way,” adding that he has “absolute trust and support and trust” in the ability of his delegate to the Middle East to secure key contracts in the Empire of a foreign diplomacy, such as an agreement on fire between Israel and Hamas Ukraine and Russia.
Although Witkoff is a real estate business by trade, Trump said that “he quickly established himself as one of the toughest, smartest and best negotiators in business,” which he chose him for an important role of a special envoy to the Middle East.
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Steve Witkoff swore as a special envoy of State Secretary Marc Rubioa during a ceremony at the White House oval office with President Donald Trump on Tuesday, May 6, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)
“As a businessman, everyone admired and respected him, and now Steve puts his talents to work for the US special envoy to the United States and achieves great progress. Our country is blessed to have a negotiator about such a skill and experience that really does not walk to the plate, constantly put on,” said the president.
Trump noted that there is some curve of learning for Witkoff when it comes to relations with a foreign government, but he said he “came up with a” lightning pace.
“He takes him about an hour to understand that,” Trump said. “After that, he’s brutal. He’s a great job.”
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Russian President Vladimir Putin, right, and special envoy of President Donald Trump, Steve Witkoff, welcomed each other before talking in Kremlin in Moscow, Russia, April 25, 2025. .
Trump noted that Witkoff was already active in the last few months, meeting Russian President Vladimir Putin, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Iran leaders.
“He works tirelessly to end the bloody and destructive conflicts,” Trump said, giving Witkoff’s success in negotiations with various world leaders so far.
After the ceremony, Trump asked questions from journalists, addressing a series of topics, including announced a truce between the US -ai Houthis. When asked about conflicting reports showing that Houthis did not plan to stop attacking Israel, Trump said that the surrogates of terrorism “very strongly” stated that “they do not want anything with that [the United States]. ”
Trump has also been asked questions about the current conflict between Israel and Hamas in Gaza, and especially about the release of the remaining 21 living hostages.
“This is a terrible situation. We’re trying to get hostage. We have pulled them out a lot,” Trump told reporters, noting that it is also important to find and bring back the bodies of those Hamas already killed.
Two weeks ago, he shared a couple whose son died as a hostage and said, “Please, sir, my son is dead. Please, bring us back to his body.”
“They wanted his body. It’s dead,” Trump said of Oval office After Witkoff’s certificate. “They know. He said they wanted his body as much as you would like a boy if he was alive. That’s a very sad thing.”
President Donald Trump speaks before Steve Witkoff sworn as a special envoy during the White House Oval Ceremony on Tuesday, May 6, 2025, in Washington, DC (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein))
Trump also commented on Iran and his potential The development of nuclear weapons. The president definitely said that “they will not have a nuclear weapon.”
“This is a real crushing time. I would tell you, for Iran and for their country, this is a very important time for Iran. This is the most important time in the history of Iran, For Iran, And I hope he will do what is fine, “Trump told reporters.
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“I would love to see a peace agreement, a strong peace agreement … We want it to be a successful country,” he added. “We do not want to do anything that will interfere with this. But they cannot have a nuclear weapon. And if they decide to go the other way, it will be a very sad thing. And that is something we don’t want to do, but we have no choice.”
