President Trump called for the U.S. to "own” the Gaza Strip, “level the site” and develop it, explicitly calling for displacing Palestinians from their homeland as the region’s leaders struggle to maintain a fragile ceasefire.

First it was buy Greenland, then make Canada a state. Now Donald Trump wants to own the Gaza Strip.

The President proposed on Tuesday that the U.S. should “own” the Gaza Strip, “level the site” and develop it, explicitly calling for displacing 2 million Palestinians from their homeland as the region’s leaders struggle to maintain a fragile ceasefire.

During a wide-ranging press conference with Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Trump laid out a sweeping plan for the U.S. to colonize Gaza and build resorts there. “I don’t want to be cute. I don’t want to be a wise guy, but—the Riviera of the Middle East. This could be so magnificent,” Trump said.

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  • @chase_what_matters
    22•1 month ago

    Consistently the worst person with the worst thoughts. I’m tired.

    • @booganiganie
      3•1 month ago

      I don’t get him. For the past 20 years of seeing him I just think/know that he’s a grifter. But friends of mine think he’s a genius. It’s like the gold dress blue dress thing.

      • @teamevil
        6•1 month ago

        There’s some folks out there who are just stupid