Former President Bill Clinton, shown here in a recent photo, said on Oct. 13, 2025, that President Trump and regional leaders "deserve great credit" for brokering the Israel-Hamas ceasefire. (Noam Galai/Getty Images for Clinton Global Initiative)
The Clintons have also argued that Trump’s presidency undermined democratic norms.
While Trump periodically revives the feud, Bill Clinton has also criticized him — particularly over his handling of Israel-Iran tensions in June.
At the time, Bill Clinton expressed skepticism about Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Trump’s intentions for peace in the Middle East. He urged Trump to calm the situation and end the "outright constant killing of civilians."
Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and her husband, former President Bill Clinton, have had a years-long feud with President Donald Trump. (Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)
Bill Clinton emphasized the need for the U.S. to protect its allies in the region while also urging restraint.
"We have to convince our friends in the Middle East that we’ll stand with them and try to protect them," he stated. "But choosing undeclared wars in which the primary victims are civilians, who are not politically involved, one way or the other, who just want to live decent lives, is not a very good solution."
Bill Clinton conceded that the U.S. must try to stop Iran from obtaining a nuclear weapon but again stressed the need to protect innocent lives in the region.
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A map shows the path taken by B2 stealth bombers during Operation Midnight Hammer. (Fox News)
"Do I think that we have to try to stop Iran from having a nuclear weapon? I do," he declared. "But we don’t have to have all this outright constant killing of civilians who can’t defend themselves, and they just want a chance to live."
Days later, President Trump launched Operation Midnight Hammer, using B-2 bombers and other jets to strike multiple uranium sites in Iran.
Hillary Clinton also praised Trump for his Israel-Hamas peace breakthrough.
"I really commend President Trump and his administration, as well as Arab leaders in the region, for making the commitment to the 20-point plan, and seeing a path forward for what is often called the day after," she told CBS News after Hamas agreed to Trump's peace plan.
Hillary Clinton also appeared to pull back her digs at Trump in August, just before the president met with Russian President Vladimir Putin.
Appearing on the "Raging Moderates" podcast, Clinton said she would nominate Trump for the Nobel Peace Prize if he succeeded in getting Putin to end his war and return all the territory Russia seized in Ukraine.
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"You know, look, if we could pull that off — if President Trump were the architect of that — I’d nominate him for a Nobel Peace Prize," she said during the interview.
Fox News Digital’s Marc Tamasco and Gabriel Hays contributed to this report.
Greg Wehner is a breaking news reporter for Fox News Digital.
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