Brandon J. Weichert
No one in the Middle East likes Trump’s plan to “own” Gaza. That may be the whole point.
President Donald J. Trump shocked audiences in the last two weeks when, standing before the press and alongside Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, he informed the world of his intention to have the United States “own” the decimated Gaza Strip.
The plan, according to Trump, would involve removing the Palestinian Arab population of Gaza, initiating a massive rebuild (making it the “Riviera of the Mideast” in his description), and having the U.S. maintain some degree of nominal control over the area.
Trump’s Comments Set the Hair of Arab and Israeli Leaders On Fire
Of course, the collective heads of the regional players—including the Israelis—caught fire over these pronouncements. Especially because the pronouncements by Trump lacked any specificity. It was the lack of specificity, though, that galvanized many people. As he says it, no one in the region likes what Trump is saying.
While visiting the White House immediately after the stunning Trump-Netanyahu press conference, Jordan’s King Abdullah II met with Trump at the White House and consented to taking in 2,000 sick Palestinian children immediately. However, the Jordanian king punted on a longer-term solution—deferring instead to Egypt, whose leadership he claimed was making a longer-term plan for the region that was forthcoming.
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