He literally said he wants to “just clean out Gaza”
Trump made some big news last night:
President Trump told reporters aboard Air Force One Saturday that he wants Jordan and Egypt to take Palestinians from Gaza into their territory “temporarily or long term.”
Since the start of the war in Gaza, Egypt and Jordan have led the Arab world’s opposition to any forced transfer by Israel of Palestinians from Gaza.
Trump on Saturday spoke on the phone with Jordan’s King Abdullah, who congratulated him on his inauguration.
King Abdullah “stressed the pivotal role of the U.S. in pushing all sides to work towards achieving peace, security, and stability for all in the region,” the Jordanian royal court said in a statement. But Trump said the two leaders discussed an entirely different topic — the millions of Palestinians who live in Jordan, and the possibility that more will move there from Gaza.
“I said to him, ‘I’d love you take on more,’ because I’m looking at the whole Gaza Strip right now and it’s a mess. It’s a real mess,” Trump said. He added that he planned to speak to Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi on Sunday and ask him to accept Palestinians from Gaza.
“You’re talking about a million and half people, and we just clean out that whole thing,” Trump said. “It’s literally a demolition site. Almost everything is demolished and people are dying there, so I’d rather get involved with some of the Arab nations and build housing at a different location where they can maybe live in peace for a change.”
He sees some great potential for shitty Trump condos on the beach. Remember when he said this?
”Gaza is interesting. It’s a phenomenal location, on the sea. The best weather, you know, everything is good. It’s like, some beautiful things could be done with it, but it’s very interesting.”
I don’t think I need to add much to this even though I am tempted to scream at the top of my lungs that anyone who thought it made sense to vote for him because of “genocide Joe” have made the lives of the people they care about in Gaza so much worse.
During a 20-minute question-and-answer session with reporters aboard Air Force One on Saturday, Trump also said he’s ended his predecessor’s hold on sending 2,000-pound bombs to Israel. That lifts a pressure point that had been meant to reduce civilian casualties during Israel’s war with Hamas in Gaza that is now halted by a tenuous ceasefire.
“We released them today,” Trump said of the bombs. “They’ve been waiting for them for a long time.” Asked why he lifted the ban on those bombs, Trump responded, “Because they bought them.”
Oh by the way:
On Tuesday, President Donald Trump’s pick for U.S. ambassador to the United Nations said that she believes Israel has a “biblical right” to the occupied West Bank, parroting a view held by extremist Zionists on Israel’s illegal occupation of the Palestinian territory.
It’s going to be just great.