WH Travel Pool Note #29: Excerpts

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Excerpts from President Trump’s Speech to World Leaders in Egypt

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This is the day that people across this region and around the world have been working, striving, hoping, and praying for. With the historic agreement we have just signed, those prayers of millions have finally been answered. Together, we have achieved the impossible. At long last, we have Peace in the Middle East.

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What we have achieved together in recent days will change history and be remembered forever.

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The momentous breakthrough we are here to celebrate tonight is MORE than the end of the war in Gaza—with God’s help, it will be a new beginning for the entire Middle East. From this moment forward, we can build a region that is strong, stable, prosperous, and united in rejecting the path of terror once and for all.

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The first steps to peace are always the hardest—and today, we have taken them together.

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All the momentum now is toward a great, glorious, and lasting Peace.

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We have shown how it can be done—with responsible nations setting aside their differences, seeking common ground, and pursuing a better world for us all.

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Today, for the first time anyone can remember, we have a once-in-a-lifetime chance to put the old feuds and bitter hatreds behind us—and to declare that our future will not be ruled by the fights of generations past.

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So together, let us continue in the spirit of cooperation and goodwill that has finally brought us to this historic breakthrough.

Dasha Burns | White House Bureau Chief | Host of The Conversation

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