U.S. President Donald Trump mentioned Sunday that he stays dedicated to the U.S. buying and proudly owning Gaza, however that he might enable Center Jap international locations to rebuild sections of the world ravaged by the Israel-Hamas battle.
Trump made the remark when chatting with reporters aboard Air Power One on his solution to New Orleans for the Tremendous Bowl.
“I am dedicated to purchasing and proudly owning Gaza,” Trump mentioned. “So far as us rebuilding it, we might give it to different states within the Center East to construct sections of it, different folks might do it, by means of our auspices. However we’re dedicated to proudly owning it, taking it, and ensuring that Hamas doesn’t transfer again.”
“There’s nothing to maneuver again into. The place is a demolition web site. The rest might be demolished. All the things’s demolished,” he mentioned.
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President Donald Trump speaks to reporters aboard Air Power One as he travels from Las Vegas to Miami on Saturday, Jan. 25, 2025. (AP)
The president additionally mentioned he was open to the potential for permitting some Palestinian refugees into the U.S. however that these requests could be dealt with on a case-by-case foundation.
Trump mentioned final week at a joint press convention with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu that he needs the U.S. to take over Gaza after Palestinians are resettled in different international locations.
“The U.S. will take over the Gaza Strip, and we are going to do a job with it, too,” Trump mentioned on the time. “We’ll personal it and be accountable for dismantling all the harmful, unexplored bombs and different weapons on the positioning.”
“Stage the positioning and eliminate the destroyed buildings, stage it out, create an financial growth that may provide limitless numbers of jobs and housing for the folks of the world,” he added. “Do an actual job. Do one thing totally different. Simply cannot return. If you happen to return, it will find yourself the identical method it has for 100 years.”
‘LEVEL IT’: TRUMP SAYS US WILL ‘TAKE OVER’ GAZA STRIP, REBUILD IT TO STABILIZE MIDDLE EAST
President Donald Trump speaks to reporters aboard Air Power One en route from Miami to Joint Base Andrews on Jan. 27, as White Home press secretary Karoline Leavitt listens. (AP/Mark Schiefelbein)
A number of international locations have criticized Trump’s feedback about taking on Gaza, which was bombarded by Israeli forces within the battle sparked by Hamas’ Oct. 7, 2023, assault towards the Jewish State.
Trump additionally mentioned on Jan. 25 that he needed Jordan, Egypt and different Arab nations to simply accept extra Palestinian refugees from Gaza, doubtlessly shifting out sufficient folks to “simply clear out” the world.
“You’re speaking about most likely 1,000,000 and a half folks, and we simply clear out that entire factor and say, ‘, it’s over,'” he mentioned on the time.
Palestinians feared in the course of the Israel-Hamas battle in Gaza, which is now beneath a ceasefire, that they might endure from one other “Nakba,” which means disaster in Arabic, which refers back to the displacement and dispossession of a whole bunch of 1000’s of Palestinians in the course of the 1948 battle on the delivery of the State of Israel.
Earlier on Sunday, Israeli President Isaac Herzog advised Fox Information’ Maria Bartiromo when requested about Trump’s plan to take over Gaza that the U.S. president was slated to satisfy with Jordan’s King Abdullah II, Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi and presumably Saudi Arabian Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman.
U.S. President Donald Trump speaks to members of the media earlier than boarding Marine One on the White Home in Washington, D.C. on January 31, 2025. (BRYAN DOZIER/Center East Photographs/AFP through Getty Photographs)
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“President Trump is because of meet with main, main Arab leaders, at first the king of Jordan and the president of Egypt and I feel additionally the crown prince of Saudi Arabia as nicely,” Herzog mentioned.
“These are companions that should be listened to, they should be mentioned with. We have now to honor their emotions as nicely and see how we construct a plan that’s sustainable for the long run,” he added.
Saudi Arabia is among the many many international locations which have rejected Trump’s plan to take over Gaza. Jordan’s King Abdullah II reportedly plans to inform Trump throughout their scheduled assembly on Tuesday that the proposal is a recipe for radicalism that may unfold chaos all through the Center East and put in danger the dominion’s peace with Israel.
Reuters contributed to this report.
