Trump has indicated that the U.S. will “take over” the embattled region. (Getty Images
By Alex Nitzberg Fox News
Trump indicated the US will ‘take over’ the region
President Donald Trump announces his vision for the Gaza Strip during a press conference with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
After President Donald Trump announced that America “will take over the Gaza strip,” Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., pushed back against the idea, suggesting that the move would betray the “America First” principle Trump voters expected.
During his inauguration speech last month, Trump unequivocally declared that throughout his administration he will “put America first,” echoing a longstanding pillar of his political philosophy, which he also expressed during his 2017 inaugural address.
But Paul is throwing a red flag in response to Trump’s newly unveiled Gaza plans.
“The pursuit for peace should be that of the Israelis and the Palestinians. I thought we voted for America First. We have no business contemplating yet another occupation to doom our treasure and spill our soldiers blood,” Paul declared in a Wednesday post on X.
The senator made the comment in response to a post in which Secretary of State Marco Rubio declared on Tuesday, “Gaza MUST BE FREE from Hamas. As @POTUS shared today, the United States stands ready to lead and Make Gaza Beautiful Again. Our pursuit is one of lasting peace in the region for all people.”
While delivering remarks alongside Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanhyahu on Tuesday, Trump said that Palestinians should be settled outside the Gaza Strip, and that the U.S. will transform the region, which he described as a “demolition site.”
“The U.S. will take over the Gaza Strip,” Trump declared, saying, “we’ll own it, and be responsible for dismantling all of the dangerous unexploded bombs and other weapons on the site … level it out, create an economic development that will supply unlimited numbers of jobs and housing for the people of the area.”
“I do see a long term ownership position,” Trump said of the region.
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Our president is delusional, just like Netanyahu. Neither gives credit to the fact that that strip of land at the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea has been a crossroads for all European, Asian, and African travelers and traders since before Christianity began, maybe before Judaism began. What right do any of these Megalomaniacal Solipsists have to upend centuries of cultural traditions? Isn’t the US big enough?
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I personally think it’s a great tragedy that Trump has no one on his team to advise him on the law and the Constitution. I think it’s brilliant that he cut funding to USAID. But this proposal is a real clunker. I’m skeptical he’ll complete his 4-year term if he comes out with any more proposals like this.
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Yes. His hubris is showing.
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I think Trump is surrounded by those who lie to him constantly. And, they don’t feel threatened as long as they act like Yes-Men! Trump’s problem may very well be his addiction to praise and compliments. Except for Tulsi Gabbard, there isn’t anyone else around him that he can rely upon. It’s unfortunate he didn’t bring back Colonel Douglas MacGregor who served him in his last administration.
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