Trump says some countries 'volunteering' to 'take care of Hezbollah'

U.S. President Donald Trump has said that there are “countries that wanna come in and take care of Hezbollah in Lebanon.”

“And I say that right now you don’t have to do that -- you may have to do that. We have countries that are volunteering to literally come in and take care of the whole thing. We have great peace in the Middle East, it’s never happened before, and I think it’s very strong actually,” Trump told reporters at the White House.

Trump had said in late November that he would invite President Joseph Aoun to the White House.

"I think that Hezbollah has been a problem in Lebanon -- big problem. We're working with Lebanon, we're working with everybody in the Middle East ... We wanna see peace in the Middle East ... and I think you're gonna see some very positive things happening," said Trump in response to a Lebanese reporter's question.

"Sure. I would do that, absolutely," he answered on the possibility of inviting Aoun to the White House.