Steve Witkoff: “I got attacked for going to meet him eight times.”

“So, first of all, what is that like? And how do you, with this position, go into dealing with some of these adversarial people? I got attacked for going to meet him eight times. How would you make a deal with someone on the other side unless you knew where the other person was coming from? I needed to understand what his motivations were, his goals and so forth.” (06:55–06:59)

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