Bill Maher doesn't rule out Trump's Gaza Strip plan, says war-torn territory 'could be something else'

"Real Time" big Bill Maher didn't wholly regularisation retired President Donald Trump's plans for the Gaza Strip, siding with the thought that the war-torn territory "could beryllium thing else" successful the future. 

Trump made planetary headlines this week for saying the U.S. would "take over" and "level" Gaza aft Israel ends its warfare with Hamas, displacing the Palestinian colonisation to different Arab countries portion processing what Trump called the "riviera of the Middle East" successful bid to bring stableness successful the region.

During his sheet discussion, Maher told his impermanent Rep. Byron Donalds, R-Fla., that determination was a "little daylight" betwixt the 2 of them connected the subject. 

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"He said, 'You know, it's going to beryllium the riviera-' okay, that's a small ridiculous," Maher said. "But you know, this thought that it could beryllium Dubai alternatively of Haiti, which is truly what it is. it's conscionable similar Haiti, tally by a transgression gang, by a violent mafia gang. That's wherefore it's a hellhole, not conscionable for the Israelis adjacent door, but for the radical who unrecorded there, who hatred Hamas arsenic well. And it could beryllium thing else." 

"This is thing I work successful op-eds successful The New York Times, 10, 15, 20 years ago. Gaza does not person to beryllium that. It could beryllium thing person to Dubai. So the information that Donald Trump, successful his childlike way, throws that thought retired there, is not the worst happening successful the world," Maher continued.

"Real Time" big Bill Maher said President Trump's thought astir rebuilding the Gaza Strip is "not the worst happening successful the world." (Screenshot/HBO)

The wide comedian went connected to telephone retired Trump's comments being "all implicit the map," including erstwhile helium suggested the U.S. would beryllium liable for clearing retired the explosives hidden successful Gaza's infrastructure, sarcastically asking "What could spell wrong?" 

"And again, the kernel of an thought present is valid, but the idea, but introducing the conception of American troops, and also, wouldn't this beryllium benignant of costly for you America First people?" Maher asked Donalds.

Puck News' Tara Palmeri interjected, "It's similar Donald Trump wants to crook Gaza into Atlantic City, but like, let's not hide however helium near Atlantic City."

"I don't cognize if I'd permission him to Gaza," Palmeri told Maher. 

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U.S. President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu reply questions during a associated property league successful the East Room astatine the White House successful Washington, U.S., February 4, 2025 ( REUTERS/Leah Millis)

Donalds pushed back, saying he'd alternatively person Trump telephone the shots with Gaza "than the Iranians."

"Even the American troops portion that has been pulled back. That's not the case. But you person to person immoderate imaginativeness for what that portion of the portion should be," Donalds said.  "So is it [Israeli] involvement? Yes. Could it beryllium Saudi Arabia arsenic well? Could be. It depends connected what the different nations successful that portion want, but what cipher wants is an Iran that is dominating that region."

"I hold with the conception that it's bully to unfastened a model and fto successful immoderate caller air, due to the fact that radical bash get locked into silly ideas that we past instrumentality arsenic the radical think," Maher responded. "For example, Syrian Civil War, each those refugees, a cardinal coiled up successful Germany. Saudi Arabia took none. And we each conscionable unreal this makes sense? That nary different Arab countries volition instrumentality refugees who you accidental are your brethren?" 

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Rep. Byron Donalds, R-Fla., called retired the "mislogic" from wide leaders successful the U.S. and Europe implicit their handling of Middle East turmoil. (Screenshot/HBO)

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"I personally deliberation that's really the mislogic of a batch of liberal-leaning leaders successful Europe and successful America," Donalds continued, "thinking that you tin conscionable instrumentality refugees from these parts of the satellite and not deliberation done the elaborate steps of what it is for those countries to rebuild."

"And I'm not talking astir federation gathering a la George W. Bush, I'm not talking astir that, but you've got to person enactment successful that region. There person to beryllium bid accords successful that region. And truthful erstwhile President Trump was leaving the archetypal time, that was the premise of the Abraham accords. Have the Arab states with Israel really enactment unneurotic successful bid truthful you tin really make a stable, political, religious, immoderate they take that to be, and an economical country truthful radical tin unrecorded successful harmony and peace, period," Donalds added.