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Most Democrats left President Trump conspicuously unmentioned as they cheered a potential end to the conflict, reflecting the tricky politics around the war and their party’s deep hostility to Mr. Trump.
Oct. 10, 2025, 2:41 p.m. ET
When President Trump announced a deal that could end the Israel-Hamas war, most Democrats were quick to cheer the promise of an imminent return of hostages and the close to a catastrophic conflict.
But few were willing to credit Mr. Trump himself, reluctant to praise a president who has said he hates them and wants them jailed, and whom many of them regard as complicit in Israel’s brutal strategy in Gaza.
“I don’t want to give credit right now,” Senator Bernie Sanders, the Vermont independent, said in an interview on Thursday at the Capitol. “We have given, as a nation, billions and billions of dollars under Biden and under Trump to starve children in Gaza. I’m not talking about credit.”
Others who applauded the agreement had little or nothing to say about Mr. Trump’s role in forging it.
Senator Mark Warner of Virginia, the top Democrat on the Intelligence Committee, issued a 175-word statement that welcomed the progress but made no mention, even implicit, of Mr. Trump. Senator Jacky Rosen of Nevada, who sits on the Armed Services panel, also did not name Mr. Trump in her 192 words of response, though she hailed the deal as a “victory” and said she was “grateful” for the administration’s efforts. Representative Josh Gottheimer of New Jersey praised “the American leadership that made this deal possible” — but did not say who provided that leadership.
And Representative Hakeem Jeffries of New York, the House minority leader, called Mr. Trump’s announcement “an extremely welcome development.” He did not cite Mr. Trump.
