Trump hosts Netanyahu at Mar-a-Lago amid Gaza ceasefire pressure US President Donald Trump has welcomed Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to his Mar-a-Lago estate as talks between the two leaders get under way. Trump told reporters he wants to push towards a ceasefire agreement in Gaza “as quickly as we can”, as international pressure mounts over Israel’s war on the enclave. However, the US president again echoed Israel’s long-standing demands, insisting that “there has to be a disarmament” of Palestinian groups resisiting the Israeli occupation. He added: “[That’s] one of the things we’ll talk about, certainly, but there has to be a disarming of Hamas.”