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Jan. 21, 2026 11:35-11:45 - CSPAN
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President Trump Meets with Egyptian President

Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi praises President Trump’s Gaza plan and Egypt’s role in the Council of Peace, crediting him for near-completing a Nile dam deal before 2020. He criticizes Ethiopia’s U.S.-backed $4B Renaissance Dam, threatening to broker a joint venture, and recalls preferring Trump over Clinton in 2016. Trump’s alleged Iran nuclear plant strike (unspecified) prevented regional destabilization, per Sisi, while von der Leyen in Davos dismisses his Greenland tariffs as misguided, stressing Arctic cooperation. Trump’s hands-off Greenland stance may signal pragmatic shifts amid global tensions. [Automatically generated summary]

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abdel fattah el-sisi
egy 00:41
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donald j trump
admin 04:42
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translator arabic
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mike johnson
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Peace In The Middle East 00:08:42
unidentified
The President has threatened tariffs on European allies who are opposing his plans in Denmark and Greenland.
Do you think that's a fair strategy?
And when does Congress have to get involved here?
Let's talk about Greenland.
mike johnson ▲ ● ▼
I know the President, I think he may still be speaking there.
I didn't see any of that because we were in the Republican conference meeting during the timing of his speech.
unidentified
It was bad timing on my part.
So I look forward to seeing it.
mike johnson ▲ ● ▼
My staff was handing me little notes about some of the things he was saying.
I know that he has said that we will not have troops involved in Greenland.
unidentified
And as I had been saying for the first time.
We take you live now to Davo, Switzerland, for remarks from President Trump.
abdel fattah el-sisi ▲ ● ▼
I really would ask you, Mr. President, to continue paying your attention, your attention and care for this file so that the plan should be implemented fully.
unidentified
So, President, you've announced the second phase of the Gaza plan.
This is very important that it comes forward and it takes effect.
And on our part, we'll be standing there ready to provide everything that we can to make this a success.
As for the Council of Peace, it is our pleasure to be on the Council of Peace, the Board of Peace.
translator arabic ▲ ● ▼
We are very happy to be on the Board of Peace, and we are supporting and very happy to be there, backing up every effort that can bring about peace in our part of the world and globally as well.
I would like also to thank Mr. President for your support us in an existential issue.
unidentified
And this is the grand renaissance down in the river Nile.
abdel fattah el-sisi ▲ ● ▼
And for the record and before the press, I'd like just to remind everybody that your Excellency did a lot of effort in this regard, in this file.
translator arabic ▲ ● ▼
In your first term in office, you almost had a deal, and you've done everything in your power at the time to get this deal done.
unidentified
So, President, accept our highest appreciation and respect.
donald j trump ▲ ● ▼
Well, thank you very much.
They're talking about the dam that's been built in Ethiopia.
It's one of the largest dams in the world, the largest dam in Africa.
But it's one of the largest dams anywhere in the world.
It was financed by the United States, and it basically blocks the Nile River.
You know, when I think of Egypt, I think about the Nile more than any other place, in all fairness, but it goes through Ethiopia.
And a dam was built, a very big one, very, very big one, massive.
And it was something that should have been talked about a long time ago when they were building it and financing it.
So I got involved at the end of my first term, and I was going to have a deal.
We were going to have pretty close to a deal.
Then we had a rigged election and I left and of course Biden didn't do anything about it because he didn't know he was alive.
And, you know, I come back and it's become a very dangerous issue, the dam.
And I'll see if I can get that back on track.
We were all set to make a deal.
We're going to do a joint venture of sorts.
And it would have been good.
I think it would have been good for both.
But it's a dangerous thing.
They built a dam where somebody's not getting the water that they are supposed to get and that they've gotten for a million years.
And all of a sudden the water flow is blocked by a very massive dam.
I wouldn't be happy about it.
And, you know, you have a very strong leader in the president.
And I hear you have a strong leader in Ethiopia, too.
I don't know him as well as I know you, but he's a strong guy.
And I'm going to try bringing the two of you together, see if we can make a deal.
I appreciate that.
I think he understands me, right?
I think he understands English better than we do.
You know, a lot of these guys that don't understand, they understand it very well.
But I think we'll be able to do something about the dam.
The dam's a big problem, but we'll be able to do something.
Most importantly, great leader, great guy.
And we're there for each other.
We've known each other right from before Hillary.
It was before Hillary.
We met during the campaign with Hillary, and we met at a hotel.
She was supposed to meet with the president, and I was supposed to meet.
I went first, and after he met me, he didn't want to meet her.
And I said, I like that guy.
But we had a, we've had from that moment on, we had, that was before the election.
We've always had a great relationship, and it continues stronger than ever.
Thank you very much.
Appreciate it.
unidentified
Thank you.
donald j trump ▲ ● ▼
Thank you, everybody.
unidentified
Thank you very much.
Thank you, Ross.
So you have committed to being permanent members of the board.
Thank you, Press.
donald j trump ▲ ● ▼
Well, we're going to have a lot.
We have a lot of great people that want to join.
It's going to be the most prestigious board ever formed.
The president is a member.
We have the major countries, and some need parliamentary approval, but for the most part, everybody wants to be on.
I have a little bit of the opposite problem.
People want to be on it.
We didn't ask them.
They want to get on.
But we'll look at the country.
So we're going to have, I think it's the greatest board ever formed.
And we call it the Board of Peace.
unidentified
That's what it is.
donald j trump ▲ ● ▼
It's the Board of Peace.
And it started on Gaza.
And I appreciate what you said on Gaza, because it's true.
If we weren't involved, there'd be no peace.
We have peace in the Middle East now.
And you might have Hamas.
We have a little flame here and there, but basically that'll be taken out.
If they don't get rid of the guns, then they will be very unhappy people.
You know, it's going to have no choice.
They will be eliminated.
They made a deal to get out.
You have Hezbollah in Lebanon.
We have to do something there.
They're causing a lot of problems.
But those are small.
We actually have peace in the Middle East.
And the President was very instrumental.
He really helped us, one of the most.
And we've had great help from a number of countries, but Egypt has been great.
The President's been great.
And we have peace in the Middle East.
It's an amazing thing.
Nobody thought we'd ever see that.
Now, I would say if we didn't bomb the Iran nuclear plant, they would have had a nuclear weapon within two months.
You would not have peace in the Middle East.
You wouldn't be able to.
Nobody would be able to do that.
But that's what gave us peace in the Middle East.
Thank you very much, everybody.
unidentified
Thank you, Richard.
Thank you, Russ.
Thank you, President.
Thank you, Regis.
Thank you, Radi.
Thank you, President.
What prompted you to take the military off the table for Greenland?
Thank you.
Thank you.
Thank you, President.
Thank you, President.
donald j trump ▲ ● ▼
Well, we'll see what happens.
The military's not on the table.
I don't think it'll be necessary.
I really don't.
unidentified
Okay.
donald j trump ▲ ● ▼
I think people are going to use better judgment.
They're going to use their best judgment, and I don't think that will not be necessary.
unidentified
Thank you, Mr. Price.
Let's go.
Thank you.
Thank you, Pras.
donald j trump ▲ ● ▼
Thank you very much.
Thank you.
unidentified
Thank you, Pras.
Let's go.
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European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen talked about President Trump's efforts to acquire Greenland during remarks at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland.
She said Donald Trump's introduction of tariffs to pressure Europe into accepting his demand was a mistake, and that security in the Arctic could only be achieved when the U.S. and Europe worked together.
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