Courtesy of JNS. Photo credit: Daniel Torok/White House
President Donald Trump and Vice President JD Vance walk along the West Colonnade of the White House, July 18, 2025
(JNS) — U.S. President Donald Trump was asked in a press gaggle in Allentown, Pa., on Sunday night whether U.S. officials, including Steve Witkoff, U.S. special envoy to the Middle East, saw evidence of genocide in Gaza.
“I don’t think — and, look, they’re in a war there. Some horrible things happened on Oct. 7, as you know,” Trump said. “It was a horrible, horrible thing. One of the worst I’ve ever seen. I’ve seen a lot of bad things since I’m president in terms of wars.”
The Trump administration has not accused Israel of “genocide” in Gaza previously.
