On Friday, President Trump appeared to have retreated demands that around 2 million Palestinians be moved permanently from the Gaza Strip to a country nearby the Middle East, so the US took over its territory and “Middle East Riviera” I was able to develop it into. ”
Earlier this month, the president said he likes to take control of Gaza and drive away the Palestinian population of the devastated seaside enclave. Over the course of several days he repeatedly abandoned objections to the idea, including a complete rejection from Egyptian and Jordanian leaders.
At the time, Trump said he could persuade leaders of both of these countries, and potentially other countries in the region, to embrace Palestinians through his willpower.
“They say they're not going to accept it,” Trump said. “I say they're going to do that.”
However, in a phone interview with the Fox News host on Friday, Trump appears to have admitted that his persuasive efforts have failed, and that displaced people and Jordanian refugees and Jordanian denials would negate the idea.
“Well, we pay billions of dollars a year to Jordan and Egypt. Trump told Fox News host Brian Kilmead, “I think that's a plan that really works out.” But I'm not forcing it. I'm just going to sit down and recommend it.”
The comments were a surprising reversal for one of the bravest foreign policy proposals ever made by the incumbent president. And they came after weeks of exchange. That included several senior Trump administration officials who tried to downplay the proposal, and the president claimed he was serious.
Trump first raised the idea publicly in early February when he declared that “the US would take over the Gaza Strip.” During a visit to the White House, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on his side, Trump said the US had disposed unexploded munitions and rebuilt Gaza in Mecca for work and tourism. It owns it and takes responsibility.” It will become the “Middle Eastern Riviera.”
Secretary of State Marco Rubio and White House spokesperson Caroline Leavitt said the relocation would soon be temporary. But Trump followed a social media post again suggesting that Palestinians will be moved to a “happy, safe and free” community.
In an interview Friday, the president said it was unrealistic to try and redevelop Gaza without leaving Palestinians out. He said the US acquisition and the movement of Palestinians in Gaza would be the best approach.
“The US will own the site,” Trump said. “It's not Hamas, it's developed and you'll try again with a clean plate.”
However, he spoke of the thoughts of past tense, suggesting that he had given up on it.
“I liked my plans. Trump told Kilmeade. “You take them out, you move them, you build a beautiful community and a permanent community.”
A national security council spokesman did not respond to an email seeking comment on whether the president's remarks showed he was giving up on the idea of rebuilding Gaza.
In an interview, Trump appears to have resigned in the reality that Gaza must rebuild without ousting people without US ownership, but he interprets the long occupation of Israeli territory as ownership. It also looked like that.
“We'll see what happens,” he said. “I thought it was great because the place you know is a great place. I don't know why Israel gave up on it. Why did they give up on it?”
