Trump says he spoke to Hezbollah, predicts progress on ceasefire

US President Donald Trump says he spoke with the Hezbollah terror group about a possible ceasefire in Lebanon, indicating that he believes progress is being made toward stopping fighting there.

“They didn’t reject me,” he says of a US-brokered ceasefire proposal that Hezbollah appeared to refuse earlier in the day. “They called us, and they said, ‘ How about stopping.’ And I think you’re going to see things happen over there.”

“It would be really nice if Lebanon could have some peace,” adds Trump, addressing reporters from the Oval Office. “I spoke to Bibi Netanyahu about that, and I speak to [Lebanon] about it and I actually spoke to Hezbollah about it. And I think progress is made.”