(1st UPDATE) The White House walks back Trump's earlier assertion that Gazans need to be permanently resettled in neighboring countries, saying instead that they should be 'temporarily relocated' for the rebuilding process
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At a White House briefing on Wednesday, press secretary Karoline Leavitt hailed his Gaza proposal as historic “outside of the box” thinking but stressed that the president had not committed to putting “boots on the ground” in the territory. She declined, however, to rule out the use of US troops there.
It was unclear whether Trump would go ahead with his proposal or, in keeping with his self-image as a shrewd dealmaker, was simply laying out an extreme position as a bargaining ploy. His first term was replete with what critics said were over-the-top foreign policy pronouncements, many of which were never implemented.
Trump’s proposal, however, appears to run counter to US public opinion, which polls have shown is overwhelmingly opposed to new entanglements in conflict zones following lengthy military interventions in Iraq and Afghanistan. On a trip to Guatemala, Rubio, apparently seeking to counter the wave of global criticism, insisted Trump’s proposal was not a hostile move but a generous one that expressed “the willingness of the United States to become responsible for the reconstruction of that area.”
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