The President has been asking hard questions.

The administration has been counseling the Israeli government to think hard about the ground invasion.

Should Israel delay the ground invasion until he can get more hostages out? Yes.

there was no higher priority for him than securing the release of these American hostages.

The President and the U.S. do not want to be directing the Israelis.

On Ukraine, I'm asking Congress to make sure we can continue to send Ukraine the weapons they need to defend themselves and their country without interruption, so Ukraine can stop Putin's brutality in Ukraine.

This is a smart investment that will pay dividends for decades to come.

It's just not worth it. That's why tomorrow I'm going to send to Congress an urgent budget request to fund America's national security needs, to support our critical partners, including Israel and Ukraine.

Hamas does not represent the Palestinian people. Hamas uses Palestinian civilians as human shields, and innocent Palestinian families are suffering greatly because of them.

the Palestinian civilians are not Hamas, they are not one in the same, but also saying that he told Netanyahu that he needs to abide by the laws of war and therefore not target civilians

The security package I'm sending to Congress and asking Congress to do is an unprecedented commitment to Israel's security that will sharpen Israel's qualitative military edge.

the world is at an inflection point, and it is fighting a war against tyranny. This is a shared enemy by democratic countries, and that Ukraine and Israel are finding themselves on the front line of this fight.

Let me be clear about something. We send Ukraine equipment sitting in our stockpiles.

As president, there is no higher priority for me than the safety of Americans held hostage.

American leadership is what holds the world together. American alliances are what keep us, America, safe.

We are the United States of America. The United States of America. And there is nothing, nothing beyond our capacity, if we do it together.

If Putin attacks a NATO ally, we will defend every inch of NATO, which the treaty requires and calls for.

The president making clear the US does not want to get involved in direct conflict with Russia over Ukraine.