The president also said the U.S. was "in the middle, trying to help" India and Pakistan as tensions rise between the two countries.
President Donald Trump is leaving Vietnam without a deal on North Korean denuclearization, but insisted he had some “reasonably attractive news” on other peace efforts.
At an end-of-trip press conference in Hanoi, Trump opened by touting his administration's efforts to deescalate tensions between India and Pakistan — which are currently clashing over incursions in the disputed Kashmir region — and later said he’s confident his administration can broker a Middle East peace deal.
The president’s optimism comes as Jared Kushner, his senior adviser and son-in-law who has taken the reigns of negotiating a long-evaded peace plan, makes a seven day swing through the Middle East to discuss the proposal, making visits to Saudi Arabia and Turkey. Trump has, in the past, referred to such an agreement as the “deal of the century.”
“They say it’s like the impossible deal," he said Thursday. "I would love to be able to produce it. We will see what happens." He added that the Palestinians have been “much better” about willing to engage in peace talks, predicting that "we have actually a good shot at peace between Israel and the Palestinians.”
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