Karoline Leavitt Pressed On Donald Trump's Satisfaction With Gaza Aid Efforts

During a press gaggle on Monday, White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt answered a question about Gaza.

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00:00standing here and for Americans across the country. There are reports that President Trump

00:05or the FBI agents going through the Epstein files were told to flag President Trump's name

00:10if it came up. Is that something the president was aware of or something that he directed those

00:14agents or the Department of Justice to do? I don't believe that's something the White

00:17House was aware of. You'd have to ask the FBI. Is President Trump satisfied with how

00:21aid is being distributed in Gaza right now? Look, the president is the reason that aid

00:26is even being distributed in Gaza at all. He wants to see this done in a peaceful manner where more

00:31lives are not being lost. He hated seeing the pictures of starvation of women and children

00:36desperately needing that aid, which is why this administration came to a creative solution to

00:42bring that aid into the region. And we want to make sure that aid is delivered to people in need,

00:48but certainly does not end up in the hands of terrorists. I think both things can be done at

00:52the same time. Look, it's a very difficult and complicated situation, again, that the president

00:56inherited because of the weakness of the last administration. And I think he should be applauded

01:01and the administration should be applauded for coming up with a creative solution to get aid

01:05into the region. The president wants to see peace. And he's been pretty clear about that. And

01:09our national security team continues to work on this every single day. But of course,

01:12it's a very complicated situation. Hi, Mark. You're sneaking in back.