Donald Trump has suggested large numbers of Palestinians should leave Gaza to “just clean out” the whole strip, after ordering the US military to restart shipments of 2,000lb bombs to Israel.

The US president said he wanted Gaza residents to move to neighbouring nations, and that they could be displaced “temporarily or could be long-term”, after a phone call with Jordan’s King Abdullah on Saturday.

“I said to him: I’d love you to take on more because I’m looking at the whole Gaza Strip right now and it’s a mess, it’s a real mess. I’d like him to take people,” Trump said, when asked about the call.

He also suggested Egypt as a destination for Gaza residents, and said he would raise the issue with President Abdel Fatah al-Sisi on Sunday.

  • @blattrules
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    414 days ago

    Oh, now this asshole is all for other countries taking in displaced migrants.

    • @PM_Your_Nudes_Please
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      164 days ago

      No, he doesn’t actually want any other countries to take them in. They should just leave their own country… He’d prefer that they simply walk into the Dead Sea so he doesn’t have to think about them anymore.

      • @[email protected]
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        43 days ago

        Yeah well see we talked to all the neighbors but they didn’t want them so unfortunately some of them may have gotten in the way when we bulldozed the site ready to lay the foundations for the new condos. /s

      • John Richard
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        -23 days ago

        Democrats… “Palestinians should return to the rubble & sleep there like dogs! Otherwise, we can’t claim that Trump is the next Hitler!”

    • @Frozengyro
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      114 days ago

      Oh no, he just wants them to leave, not to go to another country. They don’t live in reality.

      • @blattrules
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        33 days ago

        Yeah, this is likely the truth; the guy can’t think two moves in advance on anything.