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Administration of Donald J. Trump, 2020 Remarks Prior to a Meeting Administration of Donald J. Trump, 2020 Remarks Prior to a Meeting With Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel and an Exchange With Reporters September 15, 2020 [President Trump presented a ceremonial gold key to Prime Minister Netanyahu.] President Trump. This was a special token of affection, given by myself and the First Lady to Prime Minister and the First Lady of Israel. And it's a key—we call it a key to the White House. And it's a key to our country and to our hearts. And you've been an amazing leader for a long period of time. And this is in many respects, the big day, because this is something that's very special. We just left U.A.E. and Bahrain. We're going to meet outside in the ceremony. And it's just a very important event. And it's an honor to have you with us, Bibi. Thank you very much. Prime Minister Netanyahu. Thank you, Mr. President. And I have said—and this is true— that you have the key to the hearts of the people of Israel because all—of all the great things you've done for the Jewish state and the Jewish people. So, thank you. Thank you. President Trump. Thank you very much. Fantastic. And we look forward to being outside. Q. Mr. President—— President Trump. Yes, please. Any questions? Q. Mr. President, this is a great event—this is a great event and these are tremendous achievements. Can you—we know that Israel is getting a lot. What is Israel giving back for this— — Prime Minister Netanyahu. This is the Israeli press that wants to chip away at this. Israel-United Arab Emirates Relations/Israel-Bahrain Relations Q. [Inaudible] President Trump. Well, I think what, really, Israel is getting—I think what Israel is getting and what we're all getting, but what Israel is getting more than anything else is peace. They're going to have peace. As you know, U.A.E.—United Arab Emirates—is a great warring nation, a very powerful nation in the region. And they very much wanted to do this. Mohammed is a tremendous leader, like Bibi is a tremendous leader. And it was important to have them first very early. And you know, the relationship is fantastic. And a lot of people are surprised to see it. And, as you know, we have Bahrain, and we have many nations ready to follow. Many nations. Q. Is Saudi Arabia going to be next? Middle East/Israel Q. Can you name them? President Trump. I can't—no, not now, I won't. But you'll see. We'll be signing up other nations. And these are very strong agreements. These are very strong. This is really peace. This is serious peace. And so I think what Israel gets—the most important thing that they're getting, by far, is peace. Q. [Inaudible] 1 President Trump. What? Excuse me, one at a time, please. Prime Minister Netanyahu. Pick the other one. President Trump. Who? Which one? First Lady of Israel Sara Netanyahu. She's—— Prime Minister Netanyahu. See the woman in white? The one in—[inaudible]. Mrs. Netanyahu. She's the one in the white. President Trump. In the white. Go ahead. Middle East/Israel-United Arab Emirates Relations/Israel-Bahrain Relations Q. Yes. Thank you. Lital from Channel 20. Is it possible to know which countries will be following the Emirates? President Trump. Well, we'll be announce—— Q. Will it be Saudi? Maybe Oman? President Trump. Yes, we're very far down the road with about five countries, five additional countries. Frankly, I think we could have had them here today. We thought, out of respect, U.A.E., they deserved it. And Bahrain came immediately after. They really wanted to do it. But we'll have at least five or six countries coming along very quickly, and we're already talking to them. And they want to see peace. You know, they've been fighting for a long time. Q. President Trump—— President Trump. They're tired. They're warring countries, but they're tired. They're tired of fighting. And so you're going to be seeing further announcements. This is a—you know, it's a very big day. I guess they said—so there were two countries, over a 72-year period, and we did an additional two. And these are great countries. We did an additional two in 1 month. Prime Minister Netanyahu. Twenty-nine days. President Trump. But you'll—but you're going to see a lot of very great activity. It's going to be peace in the Middle East. Q. Mr. President, will you promote the F–35 deal even if Israel objected? President Trump. Say it? U.S. Arms Sales to United Arab Emirates Q. Will you promote the F–35 deal even if Israel objected? President Trump. Yes, we going—we're going to work that out. We'll work that out. That's going to be an easy thing. And, you know, we've fought with U.A.E. four times—four different wars. They've been very, very loyal to us. And we have a better relationship with them now than we ever had in the past. In fact, in the past, it was very strained. We have a very good relationship with them. Yes, we'll—all of that works out. That's going to be very easy to work out. Israel/Middle East/Iran/2020 Presidential Election Q. Do you think you'll be able to broker a peace deal between Israel and the Palestinians? 2 Q. Mr. President, should Israel feel less isolated today than they were this last week? And, Mr. Prime Minister, maybe you can answer that question, as well. President Trump. Well, I think Israel is not isolated anymore because, I can tell you, we have the two countries, plus you had an additional two, as you know, from many, many years ago. And now you have a situation where many of the countries—and I can actually say most of the countries, but many of the countries in the Middle East want to sign this deal. And I think when that happens, hopefully, after the election—because I really believe Iran wants to make a deal. They've had a very tough time. Their GDP is down 27 percent because of the sanctions and all of the other things. And I don't want that to happen. I don't want—I want Iran to be a great country, a great nation. I think that would be a wonderful thing. But I think—and I've even said that. I've said that to representatives of them: "You should wait to see the election, first." There is nothing they or China or, probably, Russia would like better than to have Sleepy Joe Biden become the President, because if Sleepy Joe won, they would own the United States, all of them. China would own the United States. So I told all of them, I said, "Wait until after the election." But after the election, we have to make a better deal. I do say that. We're going to make a better deal than we would have. But, with Iran, they certainly should wait until after the election because, frankly, if Biden wins, they'll make a much better deal. But I'm going to make a good deal with Iran. I'm going to make a deal that's great for Iran. It's going to get them back. We're going to help them in every way possible. And Iran will be very happy. Iran will be very rich and very quickly. But I think they should wait until after the election. You understand what I mean by that. Because a dream for those countries would be Sleepy Joe. Palestinian Authority/Arab-Israeli Peace Process Q. Do you believe you will also broker a deal with the Palestinians? President Trump. Say it? Q. Do you believe you will also broker a deal with the Palestinians? President Trump. Yes, I think they come along, and they're already—obviously, we speak to them. They've come a long way. We used to pay them $750 million a year when I got here. And I said to people that negotiated with them before, "Why did you pay when they treat the United States with such disrespect?" They speak so badly. "Death to America. Death to Israel." I said, "We give them $750 million a year." I said, "Why didn't somebody cut off those payments?" "Well, we didn't think it would be appropriate." I said, "Well, I do." And I cut off the payments to them, as you know. But other countries give them money. You're dealing with very rich countries. And these countries are now all signing with us. They'll all be signed with us—all of them. I spoke with the King of Saudi Arabia. We had a great conversation, and I think positive things will happen there, too. He's a great gentleman. And the Crown Prince—we spoke with the Crown Prince. So we've made tremendous strides. And this is peace in the Middle East without blood all over the sand. I say it: Right now, it's been blood all over the sand for decades and decades and decades. That's all they do, is they fight and kill people, and nobody gets anything.
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