President Donald Trump was sworn in at the Oval Office ceremony.

Before taking the oath, Trump praised Witkoff for playing a role in securing an extended ceasefire between Israel and Hamas and returned 33 hostages, including two Americans held by Hamas.

Trump said Witkov was “more or less with me, with me at every step, adding that he had “absolute confidence, support and trust” in the ability of the Middle East envoy to secure key transactions in the field of foreign diplomacy, such as the ceasefire agreement between Israel and Hamas and between Ukraine and Ukraine and Russia.

Although Witkoff is a real estate businessman, Trump said he “quickly established himself as one of the toughest, smartest, best negotiators in business”, which is why he chose his important role as a special envoy in the Middle East.

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"As a businessman, he has been admired and respected by everyone, and now Steve has devoted his talents to the special envoy of the United States and has made great progress. Our country is fortunate to negotiate this skill and experience that really selflessly stepped onto the plate and kept pushing itself to the plate," the president said.

Trump did point out that Witkoff had some learning curve when it comes to foreign government relations, but he said he had been "fixing" at lightning speed.

"It took him about an hour to figure it out," Trump said. "After that, he was cruel. He did a good job."

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Trump noted that Witkoff has become active in the past few months, meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Iranian leaders.

"He is working tirelessly to end the bloody and destructive conflict," Trump said.

After the ceremony, Trump asked a question from reporters and talked about a series of topics, including the just-announced ceasefire between the United States and Husey. Asked about conflicting reports that Hotis did not intend to stop attacking Israel, Trump said the terrorist group's agents said "very strong" and that "they don't want to have nothing to do with (the United States)."

Trump was also asked about the ongoing conflict between Israel and Hamas in Gaza, especially on the release of the remaining 21 living hostages.

"This is a terrible situation. We're trying to drive the hostages away. We've driven a lot of them away."

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He shared that two weeks ago a couple whose son died on hostage came to him and said, "Please, sir, my son is dead. Please let us return to his body."

"They want his body. He's dead," Trump said in the Oval Office after Witkoff's confirmation. "They know. He said they want his body if he's still alive, like you want it. It's a very sad thing."

Trump also commented on Iran and its potential nuclear weapons development. The president said explicitly: "They won't have nuclear weapons."

"This is really austerity. I will tell you that for Iran and their country, for Iran, it's a very important moment. This is the most important time in Iran's history and I hope they do the right thing."

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"I would love to see a peace agreement, a strong peace agreement. ...We want it to be a successful country," he added. "We don't want to do anything that will get in the way of that. But they can't have nuclear weapons. If they choose to go the other way, it would be a very sad thing. It's something we don't want to do, but we have no choice."