Trump says Aoun 'doing very well' in disarming Hezbollah

U.S. President Donald Trump said in a historic speech in Israel’s Knesset on Monday that “in Lebanon, the dagger of Hezbollah, long aimed at Israel’s throat, has been totally shattered.”

“My administration is actively supporting the new president of Lebanon (Joseph Aoun) in his mission to permanently disarm Hezbollah’s terror brigades. He’s doing very well,” Trump added, in a speech focused on the U.S.-brokered ceasefire and captive exhange deal between Israel and Hamas.

The U.S. president added that he wants the Lebanese to “build a thriving state at peace with its neighbors.”

“Good things are happening there, really good things,” he said.