WASHINGTON, DC – President Donald Trump revealed an extraordinary plan Tuesday (Wednesday in Manila) for the United States to take over the Gaza Strip,
‘MIDDLE EAST RIVIERA.’ US President Donald Trump and visiting Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu hold a press conference in the East Room of the White House in Washington, DC, on Wednesday.
Suggesting “long-term ownership” by the United States, Trump said his plan for Gaza would make it “the Riviera of the Middle East. This could be something that could be so magnificent.”Netanyahu was making the first visit of a foreign leader to the White House since Trump’s return to power, for what were billed as talks on securing a second phase of the Israel-Hamas truce after an initial six-week ceasefire.
The Palestinian envoy to the UN had pushed back strongly at Trump’s suggestions earlier Tuesday — before his proposal the United States take the territory over — for his people to be resettled.“And I think that leaders and people should respect the wishes of the Palestinian people.” Standing at a podium beside Trump, Netanyahu hailed Trump as Israel’s “greatest friend” and praised his “willingness to think outside the box.”
He did voice confidence that a deal with regional rival Saudi Arabia to normalize relations was “going to happen.”
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