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President Trump Meets Israel's Prime Minister in Palm Beach, Touts Eight Settled Wars

December 29, 2025 · The White House · 0:01:37

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What happened

President Trump participated in a bilateral meeting with the Prime Minister of Israel in Palm Beach, Florida. In remarks captured at the meeting, Trump returned to his claim of having settled eight wars, discussing the Azerbaijan conflict, which, as he stated it, had gone on 35 years without most people even knowing it. He said President Putin told him he could not believe Trump settled that war after Putin had tried for 10 years, and that Trump settled it in one day, as Trump stated it.

Trump explained his method as trade pressure: he said he told both sides the United States would cut them off from trade, and then put 200 percent tariffs on, after which, as he stated it, they called the next day and 35 years of fighting stopped. He also cited India and Pakistan among the eight, and complained, as he stated it, that he does not get credit for them.

Turning to the meeting at hand, Trump told the visiting delegation they would be outside in the beautiful sun and wished them an enjoyable lunch, saying the group had made a lot of progress already and that in about a five-minute preliminary meeting they had already settled about three of the difficulties, as he stated it.

Why it matters

The clip captures Trump’s preferred self-presentation as a deal-closing peacemaker — trade and tariffs as the lever — offered at the opening of a working meeting with Israel’s prime minister.

Scoreboard watch

Flagged for the scoreboard editor: Trump restated the checkable claim of eight wars settled, including a 35-year Azerbaijan conflict he said he ended in one day via a 200 percent tariff threat, as he stated it; no verdict is given here.

Sources: The White House, “President Trump Participates in a Bilateral Meeting with the Prime Minister of Israel”, Palm Beach, Florida, 2025-12-29 (official upload, embedded above; published 2025-12-29). Transcript via Supadata (private research store, paraphrased and attributed, not republished). All figures and characterizations as stated by the speakers.