While some in the media have swallowed their pride and given President Trump credit for securing a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas that looks like it will lead to the end of the war, MSNBC’s co-host of The Weeknight, Symone Sanders-Townsend is still stuck in her ways. On Thursday’s show, Sanders-Townsend instead tried to credit the British and French governments, despite them having no role in the negotiations, because they recognized a Palestinian state and “gave speeches” at the U.N.

Sanders-Townsend declared, “I think things to look for are what do other partners say, right? Other partners in the region? What else do Western allies say? Remember, not a week ago, during—about a week and a half ago during UNGA, the UN General Assembly in New York, a number of Western allies recognized the Palestinian state, and they gave speeches. Everyone from [French] President Macron to the U.K.—the prime minister of the U.K., so on and so forth.”

Only a liberal could think a U.N. speech counts for anything, but Sanders-Townsend continued, “This was monumental. Other countries obviously have done so previously well in advance in the past, but to have so many Western allies, major players recognize Palestine as a state was also a monumental piece in this. Notably, the United States did not participate in this. Noticeably, the United States did not participate, the president came out—”

There is no evidence that European countries deciding to recognize a Palestinian state had any impact on the deal, and no European country was involved in the negotiations. While the world waits to see what will become of Hamas, the hostages are finally returning home, but some people’s allergic reaction to saying anything remotely positive about Trump prohibits them from acknowledging his role in that.

Here is a transcript for the October 9 show:

MSNBC The Weeknight

10/9/2025

7:04 PM ET

SYMONE SANDERS-TOWNSEND: I think things to look for are what do other partners say, right? Other partners in the region? What else do Western allies say? Remember, not a week ago, during—about a week and a half ago during UNGA, the UN General Assembly in New York, a number of Western allies recognized the Palestinian state and they gave speeches. Everyone from President Macron to the U.K.—the prime minister of the U.K., so on and so forth. This was monumental. Other countries obviously have done so previously well in advance in the past, but to have so many Western allies, major players recognize Palestine as a state, was also a monumental piece in this. Notably, the United States did not participate in this. Noticeably, the United States did not participate, the president came out—