President Trump Monday won some rare bipartisan praise for forging the Israeli hostage release and Gaza ceasefire deal although most senior Democrats avoided crediting him by name.
As most top Democrats stuck to cheering the release of the hostages and the ceasefire, Sen. John Fetterman (D-Pennsylvania) broke ranks with his party to explicitly hail Trump for brokering the deal.
“Credit to @POTUS for a breakthrough ceasefire of this awful war,” tweeted Fetterman, a strong supporter of Israel and a moderate maverick who often bucks his party’s leaders.
Rep. Josh Gottheimer (D-New Jersey), one of the staunchest supporters of Israel in Congress, mentioned Trump in his statement cheering the deal.
“Today is the result of great American leadership, led by President Trump and his team,