Former Secretary of State Antony Blinken said President Donald Trump's 20-point ceasefire agreement was based on the one developed by the Biden administration. (Armend Nimani/AFP via Getty Images)
Blinken said the Biden administration briefly secured a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas in January, resulting in the release of 135 hostages before the deal fell apart.
He also questioned how Trump could secure a permanent peace plan.
Fox News senior White House correspondent Peter Doocy asked Trump about Blinken’s remarks aboard Air Force One.
"Everybody knows it’s a joke," Trump said. "Look, they did such a bad job. This should have never happened."
"If just a decent president — not a great president like me — if a decent president were in, you wouldn’t have had the Russia-Ukraine (war)," Trump said. "This was bad policy by Biden and Obama."
Trump was in Egypt on Monday to work on the second phase of the cease-fire while meeting with more than 20 world leaders.
Secretary of State Antony Blinken, center, speaks with U.N. Secretary General António Guterres, right, and U.S. Ambassador to the U.N. Linda Thomas-Greenfield, left, at the U.N. headquarters in New York City on Oct. 24, 2023. (Timothy A. Clary/AFP via Getty Images)
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He also credited Trump for reaffirming "the key principles we established for Gaza at the outset of the war — no platform for terrorism, no annexation, no occupation, no forced population transfers — and for making clear the overall goal is to create the conditions for a credible pathway to a Palestinian state."
Louis Casiano is a reporter for Fox News Digital. Story tips can be sent to louis.casiano@fox.com.
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