Transcript - Remarks: Donald Trump Attends a Meeting with Reuven Rivlin of Israel - May 22, 2017 | Factba.se

Donald Trump

00:00:00 - 00:00:33 (33 sec)

You get most of the credit. And I likely have some tremendously talented people but, in particular, Jason, you love Israel so much that he left a very, very, very substantial job to be able to help on a peace treaty. You would love to see that, wouldn't you. And David Friedman, likewise, one the most successful lawyers in the United States, and he said I wanna, I want to do something. He's your ambassador, as you know, David Friedman.

Donald Trump

00:00:33 - 00:01:09 (36 sec)

So we're very honored to have the two of you working so hard to try and bring about peace. And I think you'll be very successful. And if you're not, you'll, get blamed because I just put it on record. [Laughter]. No it's alright, but my staff has been fantastic, and as you know Rex, Secretary of State has done an incredible job. We just got back from the Middle East. We just like Saudi Arabia and we were treated incredibly well. And there is tremendous, well, really good feeling toward Israel.

Donald Trump

00:01:09 - 00:01:38 (29 sec)

And I will say one of the things I think, you can call it an outreach but what's happened in Iran has brought many other parts of the Middle East toward Israel. And you could say, that's one of the, if there's a benefit, that would be the benefit. Because I've seen such, such a different feeling toward Israel from countries, that as you know, were not feeling so well about Israel not so long ago, and it's brought a lot of folks together.

Donald Trump

00:01:38 - 00:01:46 (8 sec)

And I think you've seen it, and you've even mentioned it, many, on many occasions. So, that is a real positive, amd we're very happy about that.

Reuven Rivlin

00:01:46 - 00:01:49 (3 sec)

Every challenge creates opportunities.

Donald Trump

00:01:49 - 00:02:22 (33 sec)

It's a challenge and it's an opportunity. But you have a great opportunity right now. There is a great feeling for peace throughout the Middle East. I think people have just had enough. They've had enough of the bloodshed and the killing, and I think you're gonna see things starting to happen. What we did over the weekend was, they say there's never been anything like it, ever before. And, it was really a coming together. And, now today being in Israel is just very, very special for us. So, we expect to have some very interesting talks.

Reuven Rivlin

00:02:22 - 00:02:35 (13 sec)

Absolutely. We are praying for peace, and we are pushing for peace for the last one hundred years, and with God's help, somebody will bring us peace. Altogether. Altogether. Thank you.

Donald Trump

00:02:35 - 00:02:36 (1 sec)

Thank you very much.

Reuven Rivlin

00:02:36 - 00:02:46 (10 sec)