Trump Proposes Gaza Takeover, Ko$ta Doin' Business | Julia Stiles

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What new proposal did Trump make regarding Gaza?

Desi Lydic 1:12
We've got so much to talk about tonight. The Holy Land might be turning into Sin City. Donald Trump is back in the eviction business. And Michael Kosta really needs to use the Starbucks bathroom. But first, let's kick things off with another installment of the second coming of Donald J. Trump. Every day since Trump came into office, he bombards us with ridiculous policies. We go crazy trying to keep up with them, and before we can catch our breath, he hits us with something else even more absurd. It is exhausting and unsustainable. So, starting today, no more of that, okay? No more. No more. I have a whole script here full of important issues that I want to talk about. And I'm not going to let Donald Trump distract me with some crazy new idea.
Narrator 2:19
This morning, a stunning proposal from an American president. Donald Trump with the Israeli prime minister by his side, declaring that the U.S. will take over the Gaza Strip.
Donald Trump 2:29
The U.S. will take over the Gaza Strip. We'll own it.
Desi Lydic 2:46
Okay, let me just ask, what? And also, what?
News Reporter 2:51
President Trump made a surprising suggestion last night during a press conference with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. The United States, he said, should take over the war-torn Gaza Strip and redevelop it into something like a seaside resort.
Donald Trump 3:05
We have an opportunity to do something that could be phenomenal. And I don't want to be cute, I don't want to be a wise guy, but the Riviera of the Middle East...
Desi Lydic 3:19
What the ? Trump is going to turn Gaza into the Riviera? He couldn't even turn Atlantic City into a nicer Atlantic City. If anything, they tore down so many of his casinos, he turned Atlantic City into Gaza. But OK, he wants to rebuild it and he wants to turn it into Mar-a-Lago. At least the Palestinians will have a place to go back to.
Narrator 3:50
Donald Trump calling for the permanent resettlement of roughly two million Palestinians.
Donald Trump 3:54
I don't think people should be going back to Gaza. I think that Gaza has been very unlucky for them.
Narrator 4:00
And he says he's willing to use the U.S. military to do it.
Donald Trump 4:03
We'll do what is necessary. If it's necessary, we'll do that.
Desi Lydic 4:13
OK, just so I'm clear, your idea is to take over Gaza, rebuild it into Mar-a-Lago and make sure that the Palestinians who live there can't go back. That is the craziest thing he said since yesterday and until tomorrow. Even his chief of staff was shocked. Look at her face. She looks just like she won Best Country Album at the Grammy Awards.
Desi Lydic 4:48
And of course she shocked he's effectively advocating for ethnic cleansing who could possibly be OK with that.
Unidentified Speaker (Brief Interjection) 4:55
You see things. Others refused to see. You say things others refused to say and on after the jaws drop. People scratch their heads. And they say you know. He's right.
Desi Lydic 5:15
No, they usually scratch their heads and they say, what the are you talking about? Of course, Bibi is ecstatic at Trump's idea. Look at him. He looks happier than a teenager getting a handjob in the back of a birthright bus. But Bibi aside, this proposal is giving a lot of people whiplash. Trump ran his whole campaign on America first, and now he's out there chanting from the Riviera to the sea. Even Trump's Republican allies aren't on board. Although, of course, they have to let him down easy.

How are Republicans reacting to Trump's Gaza proposal?

Josh Johnson 5:52
We're trying to get the details of it. It was a surprising development. Senator Josh Hawley says, quote, I don't know that I think it's the best use of U.S. resources to spend a bunch of money in Gaza.

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