President Donald Trump’s White House made a brutal gaffe in an X/Twitter post that was eventually deleted, claiming a statement from Hamas was actually from “President Donald J. Trump.”
News broke Friday afternoon that Hamas had agreed to release all the remaining Israelis taken hostage during the October 7 terrorist attacks, with conditions.
That statement was then posted by The White House on X/Twitter — but with a rather serious error.
“President Donald J. Trump releases important statement on Hamas’ response to President Trump’s proposal:” read the caption.
The error was called out by journalists and others before the post was deleted after about twenty minutes.
The Economist MidEast Correspondent Gregg Carlstrom wrote “Guessing this is the first time ever the White House approvingly posted a statement from Hamas… … and mistakenly attributed it to the president.”
CNN anchor Jake Tapper reposted Carlstrom’s tweet.
Andrew Feinberg, White House correspondent for The Independent, dryly noted “This is a statement from Hamas.”
Former Biden staffer Megan Coyne wrote “hey guys, quick tip as someone who used to run this account: make sure you are posting the statement from the President, not Hamas!”
Former Obama senior aide and Pod Save host Tommy Vietor simply said “Oopsy-doopsy!”
Several Trump allies responded with praise, apparently not noticing the gaffe.
Trump himself responded to the statement by writing on Truth Social, “Based on the Statement just issued by Hamas, I believe they are ready for a lasting PEACE. Israel must immediately stop the bombing of Gaza, so that we can get the Hostages out safely and quickly! Right now, it’s far too dangerous to do that. We are already in discussions on details to be worked out. This is not about Gaza alone, this is about long sought PEACE in the Middle East.”
The White House then posted Trump’s statement on X/Twitter minutes after deleting the errant post.
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