U.S. President Donald Trump for the first time expressed public and explicit support of the two-state solution. Speaking at a joint press conference after meeting with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Trump said he believes that the two-state solution "will work best."
"I like two-state solution. Yeah. That's what I think… that's what I think works best. I don't even have to speak to anybody, that's my feeling... I think two-state solution works best," Trump said.
The details of the Middle East peace plan his administration has been working on would be revealed in two to three months, Trump noted, and assessed that the Palestinians would return to the negotiating table, "100 percent." Trump said "Israel will have to do something good for the other side."
"I think the two states solution will work best," Trump said. Speaking of the peace deal, Trump said he wants to "get this in my first term," adding he has "other things to do in my second term. A lot of progress has been made, Israel and the Palestinians want to do something. We'll start moving pretty soon, quite rapidly."
Regarding Israel's ongoing crisis with Russia following the downing of a Russian military plane over Syria, Trump said he will talk with Russian President Vladimir Putin about the tensions "when appropriate."