President Donald Trump participated in a phone interview with TIME at the White House on Oct. 15.

Over the course of the interview, Trump discussed in detail how the ceasefire in Gaza came together and his view on where the region goes from here.

Here's what Trump told TIME Senior Political Correspondent Eric Cortellessa.

TIME: I want to start off by asking what do we not know about the behind-the-scenes events that led to this agreement? What were the turning points and key moments?

Well, you know, you have 3,000 years of history, and in the case of the Middle East, there’s tremendous hatred, there's tremendous dislike, there's tremendous distrust among everybody. And you don't have allies, very few allies, and people that you think are allies don't really like each other. So you have

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