Mike Huckabee, U.S. ambassador to Israel, told Newsmax on Friday that President Donald Trump did not signal a change in strategy with the Gaza Strip after negotiations between the U.S. and Iranian-backed Hamas terrorists broke down.

Before boarding Marine One earlier Friday on his way to Scotland, Trump told reporters: “It was too bad, Hamas didn’t really want to make a deal. I think they want to die and it’s very, very bad. … It got to a point where you’re going to have to finish the job.”

Huckabee told “Finnerty” that this does not mean sending U.S. troops into Gaza, and that Trump has been consistent on how he sees the war ending: with Hamas no longer in power and all the hostages returned.

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