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Trump Agrees to Agree with Whatever Solution Israel and Palestine Agree on

During a press conference with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu today, Trump gave a convoluted response to a question on whether or not he supports a two-state agreement solution.

Below is what happened on Trump's eighteenth day in office. You can find out what damage was done every other day so far on the Saddest Calendar on the Internet.

Whereas former Secretary of State John Kerry once said that a two-state solution for Israel and Palestine was "the only way to achieve a just and lasting peace between Israelis and Palestinians," a senior White House official told reporters last night that the Trump administration believes that "a two-state solution that doesn't bring peace is not our goal that anybody wants to achieve." And this afternoon, during Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's first trip to Trump's White House, Trump offered his official stance on the matter.

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"I'm looking at two state and and one state and I like the one that both parties like," Trump said in his news conference with Netanyahu, illustrating that he does not perhaps understand the "conflict" part of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Netanyahu responded with a plea to focus less on "labels."

For those unfamiliar with the implications of a one- or two-state solutions, The New York Times aptly summarizes them:

At its most basic level, the [Israeli-Palestinian conflict] is about how or whether to divide territory between two peoples….The territory question is also wrapped up in other overlapping but distinct issues: whether the Palestinian territories can become an independent state and how to resolve years of violence that include the Israeli occupation of the West Bank, the partial Israeli blockade of Gaza and Palestinian violence against Israelis.

Reuters reports that Palestinians are understandably alarmed over the question of whether or not the US supports an independent Palestinian nation. Hanan Ashrawi, a senior member of the Palestine Liberation Organization, is quoted as saying the following in response to the White House official's remarks on Tuesday: "If the Trump Administration rejects this policy it would be destroying the chances for peace and undermining American interests, standing and credibility abroad…Accommodating the most extreme and irresponsible elements in Israel and in the White House is no way to make responsible foreign policy."

Also discussed at the news conference was the rise of domestic anti-Semitism since election day (Trump says he will "do everything in [his] power to stop long-simmering racism and other things going on"), whether or not Trump still intends to make the controversial move of the US Embassy in Israel from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem (he's "looking at it"), and Israeli settlements in Palestine (Trump wants to see Netanyahu "hold back.")

To end the conference, Netanyahu closed with the statement that, "There is no greater supporter for the Jewish people and the Jewish state than President Donald Trump."