Reporter Asks KJP Point-Blank Why Biden Is Not Willing To ‘Extend Any Credit’ To Trump On Ceasefire

Fox News White House correspondent Jacqui Heinrich pressed White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre Wednesday on why President Joe Biden does not want to “extend any credit” to President-elect Donald Trump on the Israel-Hamas ceasefire.

Biden and Jean-Pierre have not publicly credited Trump for the Israel and Hamas temporary ceasefire deal that would halt hostilities for six weeks and require both sides to release hostages. State Department spokesperson Matt Miller said Wednesday that Trump and his incoming team were “critical” in getting the deal reached. Biden said earlier that he and members of his team had coordinated with the incoming administration, but he did not grant the president-elect any credit.

“Why is it that you seem unwilling to extend any credit to Trump for this deal?” Heinrich asked. “Couldn’t have just said ‘Hold off until I’m in office?’”

Jean-Pierre responded.

“What I will say is that what we know to be true, we know this process how it has moved over the past eight months. This is a deal that happened under the framework that this president put forward and was endorsed by the world, and this is also an administration that has had certainly the support of the back of Israel that helped denigrate Hamas …. and we created the conditions for this deal. That is what has happened over the last eight months. And we have talked closely, worked closely, coordinated closely with the incoming administration and that is how we’ve been able to get to this point and the reason we were able to do that, have the conversation with the transition team is because this president believed in the importance of having a peaceful transfer of power and having a transition that worked for the American people and have the American people at the forefront in making sure that we got this done.”

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