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Trump Delivers Remarks, Apr. 23, 2026

April 23, 2026 · The White House · 0:28:04

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What happened

President Donald Trump delivered remarks at the White House on April 23, 2026, after meeting with senior officials of Lebanon and Israel. “I’m told this is a rather historic meeting because these countries have been bordering each other for many, many years,” he said. “They actually like each other, Lebanon and Israel.” The outcome he announced: “They’ve agreed to an additional three weeks of, I guess, no firing ceasefire, no more firing,” with the president of Lebanon and the prime minister of Israel expected to come to Washington “over the next couple of weeks.”

Vice President JD Vance called it “a major historic moment” and credited “the president’s direct engagement”: “We’re going to extend the ceasefire for 3 weeks that’s already in place between Israel and Lebanon.” Secretary of State Marco Rubio said the extension “gives everybody time to continue to work on what’s going to be a permanent peace between two countries that want to be at peace,” and named the obstacle as the terrorist organization operating inside Lebanon’s territory, which he said has victimized both countries. Representatives of Lebanon and Israel also spoke, as did the U.S. ambassadors involved.

Why it matters

The April 23 meeting is the first on-record joint Lebanon–Israel session at the White House in this chronicle, and it produced a dated, checkable commitment — a three-week ceasefire extension and leader visits to follow — on the Foreign Policy & Defense hub, alongside the Iran track the President said he hoped to work out simultaneously.

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The three-week extension and the promised visits by Lebanon’s president and Israel’s prime minister “over the next couple of weeks” are recorded as stated at the meeting, checkable against the ceasefire’s course and the visits themselves.

Sources: The White House, “President Trump Delivers Remarks, Apr. 23, 2026,” The White House, April 23, 2026 (official upload, embedded above). All characterizations as stated by the President, the Vice President, and the Secretary of State at the meeting.