President Donald Trump suggested progress towards reaching a solution to the ongoing conflict in Gaza following a bilateral meeting Thursday with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoan at the White House, and appeared to suggest the leader was willing to help put more economic pressure on Russian President Vladimir Putin.

President Trump said leaders were getting pretty close to having a deal on Gaza after his meeting with Erdoan, and added officials were speaking with "kings and all of the top leaders in the Middle East," as well as Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu Thursday.

Were trying to get the end of the Gaza situation. Its real, really bad, very bad. And we think it could happen, maybe it could happen pretty soon. We want the hostages back, Trump told reporters in the Oval

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