President Donald Trump delivers a statement during a summit on Gaza in Sharm el-Sheikh, on Oct. 13, 2025. Khaled Desouki/AFP via Getty Images
President Donald Trump said a network of nations in and around the Middle East is eagerly seeking a chance to “straighten out Hamas,” but he’s calling for restraint for now.
“Numerous of our NOW GREAT ALLIES in the Middle East, and areas surrounding the Middle East, have explicitly and strongly, with great enthusiasm, informed me that they would welcome the opportunity, at my request, to go into GAZA with a heavy force and ’straighten [out] Hamas’ if Hamas continues to act badly, in violation of their agreement with us,” Trump wrote on Oct. 21 in a post on his Truth Social platform.
