Trump says relocation may be temporary or long-term as he also announces lifting of hold on 2,000-pound bombs for Israel. United States President Donald Trump says he would like to “just clean out” Gaza, urging Egypt and Jordan to take in more Palestinians from the coastal enclave.
Speaking with reporters aboard Air Force One on Saturday, Trump said he called King Abdullah II of Jordan earlier in the day and would talk about Egypt President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi later on Sunday.
I want Egypt to take people,” Trump said. “You’re talking about probably a million and a half people, and we just clean out that whole thing and say: ‘You know, it’s over.’
Trump said he complimented Jordan for having successfully accepted Palestinian refugees and that he told the king, “I would love for you to take on more ’cause I am looking at the whole Gaza Strip right now, and it’s a mess. It’s a real mess.”
Israel’s genocide in Gaza displaced almost the entire 2.3 million people in Gaza, some of them multiple times. Trump said Gaza’s inhabitants could be moved “temporarily or could be long term.”
It is a demolition site right now; almost everything is demolished, and people are dying there,” he said. So, I would rather get involved with some of the Arab nations and build housing in a different location, where they can maybe live in peace for a change.
