Good evening. It's Tuesday, March 18th. Welcome to a new episode of System Update, our live nightly show that airs every Monday through Friday at 7 p.m. Eastern exclusively here on Rumble, the free speech alternative to YouTube.

Tonight, one of Donald Trump's central promises during the 2024 campaign was he would end the war in Ukraine and thus relieve the U.S. of the responsibility to

continue to finance that war, and in doing so also eliminate the dangers that such a proxy war

between nuclear powers engender. That is one promise Trump has been attempting to make good on,

and earlier today, after a scheduled call between Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin,

it was announced by the White House that the two sides, the two countries, had agreed to a

partial ceasefire, with the Ukrainians now sending positive signals about their willingness

to sign on. We'll tell you all the details and the implications. Then, prior to his inauguration,

Trump boasted of the ceasefire that he was able to facilitate between Israel and Gaza. And by all

accounts, it was Trump that got that done. That was a ceasefire, which, as was true, of an end to

the war in Ukraine, his Democratic predecessors never really attempted and never even got close to.

Since then, Israel has repeatedly violated the central terms of that ceasefire that Trump boasted about,

including by refusing to withdraw from key areas of Gaza, blockading the entrance of food, electricity, and other humanitarian aid into the strip,

and repeatedly bombing Gaza at will. Yesterday, the Israelis completely unraveled any pretense of a

ceasefire as they returned to mass bombing Gaza. In just 24 hours, they killed more than 300 people,

including, as usual, large numbers of women

and children. And Prime Minister Netanyahu vowed to continue the bombing campaign for as long

as it takes, whatever it is. The headline of the Israeli Daily newspaper, Horat, tells much of the

story, quote, Netanyahu wants endless war in Gaza, but most Israelis don't want to fight anymore.

Obviously, all of this was done with the green light from Donald Trump.

There was reporting confirming that.

In fact, he personally threatened Hamas that he would rain down to hell on them if they didn't release

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