Trump plans to visit Israel and Egypt before the Charlie Kirk Medal ceremony

President Donald Trump said Friday that he plans to travel to Israel and Egypt before quickly returning to Washington, D.C., to honor the departed Charlie Kirk With the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the nation’s highest civilian award.

Speaking to reporters in Oval OfficeTrump said that he will deliver a speech before the Israeli parliament, the Knesset, and then visit Cairo as part of a trip to mark the historic peace agreement he reached between Israel and Hamas. He is expected to return to the White House to honor Kirk on Tuesday, October 14 – which would have been the conservative activist’s 32nd birthday.

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“It’s not easy for me to get back,” Trump said on Friday. “It’s a very quick trip, but I’ll make a couple of key stops, and then I’ll be on the plane trying to get back in time for Charlie.” “They’re going to have a big celebration at the White House, in the East Room of the White House.”

An Israeli official said the president will arrive in Israel early Monday, where he is expected to deliver a speech in the Knesset and meet with recently released hostages. The Times of Israel. Under the peace agreement, Hamas must hand over all 48 living and deceased hostages within a 72-hour period beginning Friday night local time.

Trump said: “They are receiving them, and they are also receiving bodies, approximately 28 bodies… It is a tragedy.” “…I’ll go To Israel. “I will speak in the Knesset, I think early, and then I will also go to Egypt.”

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Egypt is hosting an international summit in the Red Sea resort of Sharm El-Sheikh on Monday to finalize the peace agreement. An Egyptian presidential spokesman said on Saturday that more than 20 world leaders, including Trump, are expected to attend the conference, according to Reuters.

“I will go to Cairo, I think that is where we will go, not where we will sign.” Trump said Reporters. “We have a lot of leaders from around the world coming too. I know they’ve been invited.”

Trump is scheduled to return to Washington by Tuesday to attend a White House ceremony honoring Kirk, who was assassinated on September 10 during an outdoor event at Utah Valley University.

“And then I come back, I think it’s Tuesday night to Charlie Kirk, who is a friend of mine, a friend of all of us, a friend of a lot of people here,” Trump said.

The president described the event as a “great celebration,” noting that Erika Kirk, the activist’s widow, and many others would attend.

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“We give it Presidential Medal of Freedom“And it’s the highest award you can get outside of the Congressional Medal of Honor — military and civilian,” he said. “But it’s the greatest honor, and Erica, his beautiful wife, will be here and a lot of people will be here.”

Trump first announced last month that he would award Kirk the Presidential Medal of Freedom posthumously.

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“I will posthumously award Charlie Kirk the Presidential Medal of Freedom soon,” Trump said at the time. “The day of the concert will be announced, and I can only guarantee you one thing. We will have a very large crowd. Very, very large.”

On Thursday, Hamas approved the peace agreement pushed by Trump to end the war in Gaza and return the hostages, two years after the terrorist network attacked Israel on October 7, 2023.