Trump is filling out his cabinet in the days leading up to his 2024 victory. Huckabee, a Baptist minister, has visited Israel more than 100 times in his lifetime because of his belief in the country’s sacred status. He expressed himself that he is up to the task Hannity tuesday evening Host Sean Hannity asked Huckabee if his new boss would be able to resolve the conflict between Israel and Hamas.

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“Sean, I think it influences that conflict before taking the oath. You see a struggle across the Middle East of countries suddenly trying to behave differently because they know a new sheriff has come to town,” Huckabee said. “I couldn’t be more grateful to this president for giving me the opportunity to serve his country and him well.”

Although he has largely retired from politics, Huckabee, 69, commented on the fresh faces in Trump’s cabinet so far.

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“And honestly, when I look at all these people he’s picked, I’m incredibly impressed with all of them. I feel like I’m a, you know, a 1995 Ford pickup trying to get into the Indy 500,” Huckabee joked. “I don’t see myself in the same light as some of these wonderful people that he has elected, but I am honored beyond description to be able to serve my country and this president in a nation that I have been traveling to ever since. July 1973.”

It has been more than a year since Hamas invaded southern Israel and killed more than 1,200 people there, taking hundreds hostage, of whom they are still holding 100. More than 40,000 Palestinians have been killed in the conflict so far, with Israeli defense officials estimating that half they were civilians. .