Trump says US will ‘take over’ Gaza Strip in shock announcement during Netanyahu visit
by David Smith in Washington from World news | The Guardian on (#6V2DA)
President's plan, which is low on detail, would involve the permanent resettlement of Palestinians from Gaza to neighbouring countries
Donald Trump has vowed that the US would take over" war ravaged Gaza and own it", effectively endorsing the ethnic cleansing of Palestinians, in an announcement shocking even by the standards of his norm-shattering presidency.
Trump, who has previously threatened Greenland and Panama and suggested that Canada should become the 51st state, added Gaza to his expansionist agenda, claiming that it could become the Riviera of the Middle East" and declined to rule out sending US troops to make it happen.
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