President Joe Biden was not pleased when a journalist asked him whether he or President-elect Donald Trump deserves credit for the hostage deal Israel and Hamas reached in recent days. Biden, as well as Vice President Kamala Harris and Secretary of State Antony Blinken,

Months of tedious talks over a ceasefire and hostage deal in Gaza – negotiations that required officials from an outgoing and incoming presidential administration to put aside their fundamental differences – culminated in an intense late-night push for an agreement that finally came to fruition on Wednesday.

An official appointed by President-elect Donald Trump for his next administration was the deciding factor in securing a ceasefire deal between Israel and Hamas, but President Joe Biden nevertheless took a victory lap over the breakthrough on Tuesday.