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They rarely have representatives of the existing and new presidents of other parties working in combination at such an important time. But the president and president-elect have completely shared the credit.

By David E. Sanger and Michael D. Shear

When President -elect Donald J. Trump, the envoy of the Middle Eastern, . MCgurk, the former Middle East negotiator of President Biden, the president of Biden, the former Middle East negotiator. .

McGurk in Doha, Qatar, leading the new circular of negotiations for a ceasefire.

It is a living example of cooperation between two men representing agrio political rivals. Rarely, never, the groups of existing and new presidents of other parts worked in combination at such a high time, with the fate of American life and the long execution of a suspended devastating war.

Trump and Mr. Biden asked for a loan for the progress.

“This EPIC ceasefire agreement could have only happened as a result of our Historic Victory in November,” Mr. Trump wrote on his social media site even before the deal was formally announced in the Middle East.

At the White House, Mr. Biden told reporters that his administration had worked tirelessly for months to convince the two sides to halt the fighting. He called it “one of the toughest negotiations I’ve ever experienced” and gave credit to “an extraordinary team of American diplomats who have worked nonstop for months to get this done.”

As he left the room, a reporter asked Mr. Biden, “Who gets credit for this, Mr. President, you or Trump?” Mr. Biden stopped, turned around and smiled.

“It’s a joke?” Asked.

But despite the tension between the existing president and the next, their representatives in the Middle East described a cooperative dating back to the weeks after Election Day.

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