
US President Donald Trump affirmed during his NATO meeting at the White House on Monday that the lives of Egypt’s people depend on the Nile River, and that his administration will work to resolve the dispute between Egypt, Sudan, and Ethiopia over the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD).
“If I am Egypt, I want to have water in the Nile,” Trump said during a press conference with NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte on Monday, adding that the Nile is a “very important source of income and life” for Egypt.
In response, Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi praised what he called Trump’s “recognition” of the river’s vital importance for Egyptians in his statement on Tuesday.









