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President Trump came out of the doors at Mar-a-Lago at 1:25pm. Netanyahu's car then pulled up and he exited at 1:26pm, walked up to Trump.

"Hi Bibi," Trump said and they shook hands.

"Does anybody recognize this man? Not too many people. The they've been very fair actually, for the last three days," Trump said.

He was asked how quickly he would like to love to phase two of Gaza ceasefire.

"There would have to be a disarming or a Hamas," he said. "Otherwise very quickly."

He was asked about the explosion in Venezuela-

"They load the boats up with drugs so we hit all the boats... and that is no longer around."

"I don't know about it actually," he said about the alleged strike on Putin's residence.

"I had a very good talk this morning," he said about his talk with Putin. "We had a very good talk, we spoke at 8 o'clock in the morning our time."

Do you expect Turkish forces to be stationed in Gaza-

"If it's good, I think that's good."

Trump said Netanyahu is a "wartime prime minister"

On if Iran resumes its missiles development program-

"Now I hear that Iran is trying to build up again... We'll knock the hell out of them, but hopefully that's not happening"

Do you support an Israel attack on Iran?

"If they continue with their missiles, yes. With their nuclear, fast."

Can you guarantee last hostages released before continuing second phase?

"None were released in the Biden administration, none. They were all released because of us... we have one wonderful young man whose parents are right now inside"

"They're waiting for their son. He's the only one left and we're doing everything we can to get his body back."

Said reconstruction of Gaza can begin "soon," and didn't answer when asked if Hamas needs to disarm.

On his relationship with Netanyahu, said "I don't think it can be better"

"I think he will, how do you not? He's a wartime prime minister who's a hero... I spoke to the president, he told me it's on the way," Trump said about a pardon for Netanyahu.

Trump said he spoke to Maduro "pretty recently"

On the alleged strikes on Putin's residence-

"I don't like it, it's not good. I heard about it this morning.

"You know who told me about it? President Putin told me about it"

When asked if the US intelligence picked up the strike, Trump said: "Maybe the attack didn't take place, that's possible."

"I hope he's going to get along with Syria," Trump said on Netanyahu.

"We're going to be talking about Syria too"

"We'll see you in a couple hours"

He repeated again that the press corps can have lunch at MAL and asked Margo Martin to work on lunch again. A reporter said that the press corps pays for the lunch we receive.

Gaggle ended at 1:42pm.

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Alex Gangitano

Reporter, White House | POLITICO