Trump says Witkoff’s trip focused ‘on getting the people fed, and that’s what we want’

2 August 2025, 1:06 am

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US President Donald Trump speaks with reporters before walking across the South Lawn of the White House to board Marine One en route to Joint Base Andrews, Maryland, August 1, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/ Jacquelyn Martin)

US President Donald Trump says the focus of his Special Envoy Steve Witkoff’s trip to Israel and the Gaza Strip was ramping up food aid to Palestinians in the coastal enclave.

“He had a great meeting with a lot of people, and the primary meeting was on food,” Trump tells reporters. “And he also had some other conversations that I’ll tell you about later, but he had a meeting on getting the people fed, and that’s what we want.”