Biden or Trump – who should claim credit for the Gaza ceasefire deal?

The question yelled at Joe Biden by a reporter was unapologetically blunt: “Who do you think deserves credit for this Mr President: you or [Donald] Trump?”

Biden had just finished announcing what he presented as his signature foreign policy achievement – a ceasefire-for-hostages deal between Israel and Hamas to halt the bloody war in Gaza that has left 46,000 Palestinians and 1,700 Israelis dead. He wasn’t in the mood for that debate.

“Is that a joke?” the president asked and then walked away flanked by his vice-president, Kamala Harris, and secretary of state, Antony Blinken.