Trump's Gaza takeover plan does not include Palestinian residents
By: Dan Mangan (CNBC)
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President Donald Trump on Tuesday evening said the United States "will take over the Gaza Strip," and "we'll own it."
Trump said that all Palestinians currently living in Gaza — around 2 million people — should leave and be placed in other countries in the Middle East, among them Jordan and Egypt, while the U.S. develops the territory.
Ministers of those and other Arab countries several days ago flatly rejected the idea of accepting Gaza residents.
Gaza has been decimated during a war with its neighbor Israel, which began with the Oct. 7, 2023, attack by the terror group Hamas.
"Gaza is a hellhole," Trump said at the White House during a joint news conference with Israel's prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
The former New York real estate developer later suggested that Gaza eventually could be "the Riviera of the Middle East," where "the world's people" could make their homes.
"I do see a long-term ownership position," Trump said when asked if he envisioned a permanent U.S. occupation of Gaza.
"This could be so magnificent," said Trump, who argued that his plan could potentially bring "great peace" to the wider region.
Netanyahu, when asked about the U.S. taking over Gaza, said, "I think it's something that could change history."
"And I think it's really worth pursuing this avenue," Netanyahu added.
Neither he nor Trump identified how the U.S. would have the legal authority to take over and administer Gaza as it re-developed the territory.
U.S. President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu hold a joint press conference in the East Room at the White House in Washington, U.S., Feb. 4, 2025.Leah Millis | Reuters
Trump's suggestion that the United States should take over Gaza was a new one for him.
But it comes on the heels of his suggestions that the U.S. buy or take over Greenland from Denmark, that Canada becomes a 51st state for the U.S., and that the U.S. take back control of the Panama Canal.
"The U.S. will take over the Gaza Strip, and we will do a job with it too," Trump said Monday.
"We'll own it and be responsible for dismantling all of the dangerous unexploded bombs and other weapons on the site, level the site, and get rid of the destroyed buildings, level it out, create an economic development that will supply unlimited numbers of jobs and housing for the people of the area," Trump said.
"Do a real job, do something different."
CNBC has requested comment from the White House about Trump's plan.
A White House source familiar with Trump's remarks told NBC News that they were not spoken off-the-cuff, but had been discussed before his news conference with the Israeli prime minister.
The Council on American-Islamic Relations condemned Trump's remarks.
"Gaza belongs to the Palestinian people, not the United States, and President Trump's call to displace Palestinians from their land either temporarily or permanently is an absolute non-starter," said CAIR National Executive Director Nihad Awad.
"Jordan, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, and the entire Muslim world have made it clear that this delusional idea is unacceptable," Awad said.
"If the Palestinian people were ever somehow forcibly expelled from Gaza, this crime against humanity would complete the Israeli genocide of the Palestinians on their own land, spark widespread conflict, put the final nail in the coffin of international law, and permanently scar our nation's international image," Awad said.
Trump's son-in-law, former White House advisor Jared Kushner, last year said there is "valuable potential" for Gaza's "waterfront property."
Kushner, whose own family made its fortune in New York area real estate, said at the same time that Israel should move Gaza civilians to the Negev desert, in south Israel.
Netanyahu's visit to the White House comes as American, Israeli and Arab negotiators begin talks around a second phase of a ceasefire plan for Gaza, which has so far shown promise of ending the devastating 15-month war.
Since the ceasefire began in January, several Israeli hostages have been freed and Hamas has retaken political control of Gaza.
Palestinian civilians who were forced from their homes during the past year of war have also begun to return.
But the question of what happens now in Gaza, politically and logistically, is fraught.
Earlier Tuesday, Trump said he did not think the occupied territory's inhabitants, which numbered about 2.2 million before the war began, should return to their homes.
"This is a very difficult situation. I don't think people should be going back to Gaza," Trump said at the White House earlier. "They're living like hell. They have no alternative."
Trump said he was working to convince neighboring countries to accept hundreds of thousands more refugees from the territory.
"The king in Jordan and the general in Egypt will open their hearts and give us the kind of land we need," Trump said Tuesday evening.
"We're going to give people a chance to live in a beautiful community that's safe and secure. And I think you're going to see tremendous, a tremendous outflowing of support," Trump said.
" I can tell you, I spoke to other leaders of countries in the Middle East, and they love the idea. They say it would really bring stability, and what we need is stability."
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In his press conference with Netanyahu today Trump said everyone has told him the U.S. taking over Gaza is a great idea.
Believe it or not this seed is NOT satire...
I watched the entire news conference on ABC News and if I didn't actually see it I would have had a tough time believing it. The UN won't be happy cause their UNRWA enablers would have a problem spoon-feeding the 4th and 5th generation of "refugees", and the surrounding nations have never wanted those useless troublemakers in their nations previously so why would they want them now?
I saw this idiocy on the TV this morning so I know it's very real and not satire
nothing like having a criminal/traitor POTUS making the US complicit in another criminal autocrat's illegal seizure and annexation of lands, along with the displacement of it's inhabitants that have survived his attempts at genocide.
We're going to take over Canada and make it the 51st state. We're going to take over Greenland and make it the 52nd state. We're going to take over the Panama Canal Zone and make it the 53rd state. We're going to take over Gaza and make it the 54th state. Any other take over ideas? Anyone?
Not a takeover idea, but I was wondering what they would rename Gaza. Howa about Truskland, or since he wants it to be a Riviera, Truskiera?
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Ooh - can we have France too? I like France. What reason can we come up with to make France the 55th state?
The Louvre, Sainte-Chapelle and baguettes. Three reasons. Oh, and the Musée de Cluny, of course. Four reasons.
What about the South of France? I hear that's quite lovely
The South of France is very beautiful. I will be in southwest France for a few days in the spring. I've never been to that area, just southeast France in the Provence region - Avignon, Arles, Nimes, Aix-en-Provence, Nice, etc. Monaco. Wonderful.
I spent a holiday weekend in Nice and Cannes back in the mid 80's. I got a really nice sunburn on the beach in Cannes. My friend got a really sweet photo of the ship from Pirates in the foreground with the USS America in the background. Some young women were walking around trying to recruit Navy personnel on shore leave to be background in some other movie.
One of these days...
It sounds like you had fun. We spent 2+ weeks in Provence in 2012. That was our last trip to France. We've been to a lot of other places in the world since then. We are going to be in Paris for 8 days on this trip, too. I really love Paris. I'm looking forward to seeing the restoration job on Notre Dame.
I hope you get to go.
Thanks. I need my son to get stationed in Europe
Would the DOD pay for your trip?
No......
Unless it comes out of Mr G's pocket...who gets paid by the DOD.
See, my reasoning is this. If my son gets stationed in Europe (Germany or Italy, preferred) then I can use his place as a way station while I take trains all over Western and Central Europe.
My wife was in Paris with her family a few years ago. She loved and and really wants to go back to the Louvre.
That would be fantastic. Get a Eurail pass and go almost anywhere.
I've had two trips where I stayed in Paris for over two weeks at a time, although on both trips I took day trips to Versailles. Paris is amazing. Then, there was the trip to the south of France. The upcoming trip may be the last time we go to Paris. There are still places I haven't been that I want to visit and a couple of places I want to revisit. I would like to go to Venice and Japan again. They are both incredible places to visit. Getting older means we might not travel as much as we have in the past. The trip this spring will be our first travelling since the pandemic. We took two major trips in 2018, then Covid came along and that was it. At least we are happy that we have seen a lot already.
yep
No!!!
I have to have a safehouse.
Lol that's exactly what my Dad used me for when I was stationed in Germany, except he also borrowed my car
Both of those are on my list. Not sure if I'll ever make it to Japan though, but I'm definitely planning a trip someday to Venice, Florence and at least Rome. Florence also has 72 museums and I could spend a whole month just touring those.
I mean, I kinda always thought Cuba was an obvious choice.
Too obvious.
I would definitely vote for Cuba. When we improved relations with Cuba under Obama, my wife asked what we got out of it. The answer was, of course, the music!
We visited Cuba a long time ago. Great visit. Fine weather, smiling people, and music everywhere.
But it can't be a state - they speak Spanish, you see.
I was sorta hoping for cheap cigars.
Trump is looking for a place to relocate 2 million Gazans. I suggest Palm Beach County, Florida, starting with Mar-a-Lago.
I was thinking about the Bermuda Triangle.
“Palestinians will live there. Many people will live there,” he added.
Trump proposes U.S. control of Gaza in move that would permanently displace Palestinians
Strange. I can open ABC NEWS, in fact watched the press conference on it, but I couldn't open your links.
Do you approve of Trump’s idea to develop Gaza into a new “Riviera”?
Americans should all be throwing up in their mouth a little at the thought of casually “relocating” people.
Casually? "Forcefully" relocate...
...again.
It's disgusting. It's fake anyways. Merely another distraction from the main event, dismantling the government and imposing an authoritarian regime.
trmp never heard of "The Trail of Tears". His hero, Jackson, made that happen
This idea is totally bizarre.
In the past Jordan took in a lot of Palestinians-- and regreted it.
And Egypt has had negatives experiences with them as well.
Nobody wants them, for good reasons.
Why would we want that place?
Because Jared Kushner wants to build some resorts there and make it into a vacation paradise. Probably with the billions of dollars he got from the Saudis. He's been promoting that idea for a while.
Trump was already a egotistical narcissist. After winning the presidency, he has been further emboldened. Want to see what is like for the USA to have a rogue PotUS for the first time in our history? Buckle up.
Trump is going to have at least one ridiculous idea he's going to mention every day to distract from his fascist power grab and destruction of the government.
Agree, this is more likely a smoke & mirror, "Hey look over here while I do that over there." move. Distraction for sure.
If these are "Serious" moves, it's to grow his "empire".
But on the other hand, does he realize the Gaza Strip is not the Sunset Strip? Not the Las Vegas Strip? Not where Gaza women strip?
For Trump supporters, his erratic unpredictable behavior is a feature, not a bug. A minority of Americans decided this is what America needs. Sure, that minority aren't the smartest tools in our shed, but clearly they won't accept just being told something will fail or hurt them financially before they learn their lesson. They have to experience it for themselves and right now they're fascinated with Christian fascism and are going to force everyone else in America to have a taste.
I agree, they will have to experience it in a personal way. There is no reasoning with those supporting Trump since they seem to believe whatever he says. What might (should) change their views is paying even higher prices for necessities, unemployment, higher interest rates, retirement savings diminishing, seeing illegals whose only crime was their entry rounded up along with the criminal illegals and deported, seeing federal aid that they depend on diminish, etc.
Unfortunately they will need to experience pain before it sinks in that Trump is unfit for office. Maybe (?) then they will help stifle this tyrant in 2026 midterms.
I told people that Bibi wanted to displace all of the Palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza.
This is the part where Israel is allowed to remove the people of Gaza mapping the way for Israeli settlers to return. Don't worry; the US will pay for the development of Gaza so they have a nice place to live in all thanks to the US tax payer. It isn't a crime if the US is administering it instead of Israel.
Second part of Bib's plan is already well under way with the displacement and removal of Palestinians is the West Bank. No need to be subtle about it- Oct 7th which the West Bank had absolutely nothing to do with- is all the excuse they need. Most people are too stupid to look at a map and see that the two are physically disconnected by hundreds of miles. And don't care enough to do any research that Israel has been expanding their settlements and displacing Palestinians in the West Bank. I heard BS from people online that West Bank Palestinians have fired rockets into Israel; and conducted terrorist attacks in Israel. Bibi must love having a world of non caring dupes.
Lebanon, Jordan, Syria, and Egypt should be scared shitless. They will get a choice; except millions of Palestinians with literally nothing to take care of- and worry every day about Iran turning them into terrorists- because their lives will suck forever; or commit genocide and kill them when they are forced out by Israel and flee. Then it will no be Israel committing genocide; it will be Arabs proving again what animals they are.
Wonder how Bibi will get rid of all of the Palestinians in Israel proper? I am sure declaring them all terrorists and a threat to Israel will be a start- when some decide to seek revenge for the killing of their families in the West Bank and Gaza.
By the way; this would be happening no matter who was president. Brandon did jack shit of nothing to stop Israeli actions in the West Bank and Gaza. He simply allowed Israel to draw things out even further and turn Gaza into the shit hole it now is; and use it as cover for their increased activity displacing Palestinians in the West Bank. Trump is just allowing Bibi to say the quiet parts out loud for the world to hear. It has already proven since Israel's inception it doesn't care.
Am I right to guess that you've never been to Israel? You say that the West Bank Palestinians don't carry out terrorist attacks in Israel? Well, I personally witnessed a bus bombing killing and tearing to pieces innocent women and children, and I toured the Reception Room of the Park Hotel only a couple days after the "Passover Massacre"- the dead bodies had been removed by then. And you think Bibi will throw all Arab Israelis out of Israel? I interviewed the Arab doctors and nurses in the Orthodox Jewish Laniado Hospital in Netanya who dealt with the results of the Passover massacre, THROUGH THEIR TEARS telling me what they saw and had to do. On Jewish Holy days that Orthodox Jewish hospital is trusted to be run entirely by Arabs - there is no way the Arab Israelis are going to be thrown out of Israel. A poll taken indicated that they would rather live in Israel proper than ANY Arab country, and I don't blame them. My son just missed being blown to bits by a terrorist West Bank Palestinian. I'm sure you haven't had experiences like that but go ahead, make up stories that you THINK are right.
The Egyptian occupation of Gaza began in 1948 and lasted until 1967 when the Israeli occupation began.
Israeli occupation ended in 2005 when Israeli ttoally withdrew. (Some israeli settlers in Gaza didn't want to leave and were forceably removed by Israeli soldiers).
And who created that situation?
I hear the Saudis loathe the idea. They don't want the Palestinians
This idea will never bring peace to that area. I envision numerous bombings and sabotage from displaced Palestinians. They'll find a way.
bibi has guaranteed terrorist bombings for the next 3 generations. hopefully the religious radical muslim terrorists contain their murderous efforts on the religious radicals and ultra nationalists in israel that oppose the efforts of peace and a 2 state solution.
Last I heard the Palestinians were not interested in a 2 state solution.
If only bibi would do the right thing and march all Israelis into the sea and leave the land to the peaceful Palestinians. S/
when it comes to hostile and illegal takeovers go, we both know who POS/POTUS will support ...
Where or from whom have you "heard" that the approximately 4.7 million - 5 million Palestinians living in the West Bank and Gaza are "not interested in a 2 state solution"? Proof? Link? Did the source you "heard" that from interview all of them? The majority of them? Any of them? Or is your comment just bullshit? I think we know the answer.
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It’s hard to believe that this hasn’t been a plan all along. Netanyahu has yet to come up with an excuse for why Israel funded terrorists and how one of the most premier intelligence agencies in the world somehow missed a plot involving the most primitive means of entering Israel to murder, rape, and kidnap so many people. These unfortunate Israelis were likely just cannon fodder to start the process of reducing Gaza to rubble. If Trump and Netanyahu could get away with using a giant gas house and oven to finish phase one they would.
This is a message to the palestians that October 7 cost them comprehensively and it made them powerless. It’s shifting the Overton window to reinforce the message that terrorism wont be coddled and rewarded like it has for generations. Wait and see want happens before hysterics.
Ah yes... Whole new generations of displaced terrorists hating Israel and the US is always a good idea. /s
The look on the face of his Chief of Staff and others in the background tells it all. Shock at the level of ignorance.
King Trump wants another Mar-A-Lago even if he has to use troops, force and coercion to get it. Beachfront property for the taking.
Even Netanyahu looked pretty surprised and had to think of something to say.
Of course, this is yet another half-baked notion that rolls out of the Trump mind. Trump is not a deep-thinker. He is a loose-cannon and seems to stubbornly stick with every hair-brained notion he utters no matter what.
His thinking is so out of the box that the box may as well be sitting at the bottom of the Mariana Trench.
Dementia?
Impulsive, stubborn, sociopathic narcissist.
... would be an ongoing target for terrorism
... would consume US blood and treasure
Yeah, count me out on vacationing at that "Riviera".
We have an idiot wielding the powers of the presidency.
It's not going to happen.
Of course not. The foundation for my comment about the idiot.
Gee... I'm feeling nostalgic.
We haven't had a decent Middle East war for s-o-o-o long!
Yeah, me too! I liked the "Crusades", cool armour, flashing steeds, lot's of gore, religious heroes, and all the vows to "never retreat"! Medieval people with medieval religions and modern weapons.
... and lots of dead religious wackos.