President Trump floated two stunning ideas about Gaza on Tuesday. The first is he said the U.S. would take over the territory, which has been devastated by the recent war.And, he said the entire population of Gaza would be relocated to other countries. Trump offered no specifics for his plans sending Palestinians and Israelis scrambling to understand what he means.President Trump's vague plan to "Make Gaza Beautiful Again" could signal the largest shift in US-Middle East policy in decades and could upend widespread hope for a Palestinian state alongside Israel. For sponsor-free episodes of Consider This, sign up for Consider This+ via Apple Podcasts or at plus.npr.orgEmail us at [email protected] more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoicesNPR Privacy Policy
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Greenland, Canada, the Panama Canal, and now... The U.S.
will take over the Gaza Strip, and we will do a job with it, too. We'll own it and be responsible for dismantling all of the dangerous unexploded bombs and other weapons on the site.
That's right, Gaza. It's an addition to the growing list reflecting President Donald Trump's expansionist vision. The president did not offer many specifics for his Gaza plan, nor did he rule out the possibility of deploying U.S. troops to make it happen.
Trump made that announcement standing next to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who offered no details of his own, only smiles and praise for Trump.
I believe, Mr. President, that your willingness to puncture conventional thinking, thinking that has failed time and time and time again, your willingness to think outside the box with fresh ideas, will help us achieve all these goals.
President Trump called Gaza a demolition site and a symbol of death and destruction.
The only reason the Palestinians want to go back to Gaza is they have no alternative.
And so he floated another idea.
We should go to other countries. of interest with humanitarian hearts, and there are many of them that want to do this and build various domains that will ultimately be occupied by the 1.8 million Palestinians living in Gaza.
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