Trump's proposed US takeover of Gaza Strip elicits positive response across administration

Support for President Donald Trump's imaginativeness for the U.S. to "take implicit the Gaza Strip," level it and rebuild the area came flooding successful connected Tuesday aft a quality league announcing the plan.

The comments were made pursuing a gathering with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu astatine the White House successful which Trump claimed the U.S. would instrumentality implicit the Strip and marque it harmless again.

"The U.S. volition instrumentality implicit the Gaza Strip, and we volition bash a occupation with it, too," Trump stated. "We'll ain it and beryllium liable for dismantling each of the dangerous, unexplored bombs and different weapons connected the site."

Trump's sentiments were echoed by galore officials crossed the societal media level X.

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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)

"Trump’s proposed USA takeover of the Gaza Strip whitethorn dependable retired of the box, but it is brilliant, historical and the lone thought I person heard successful 50 years that has a accidental of bringing security, bid and prosperity to this troubled region," Former U.S. Ambassador to Israel David Friedman wrote.

White House Deputy Chief of Staff and Cabinet Secretary Taylor Budowich besides expressed that it was "Time to deliberation different, halt the killing!"

"Pres. Trump’s pursuit of bid and prosperity for each is genuinely visionary. Gaza shouldn’t beryllium a heap of rubble that provides refuge to terrorists, particularly erstwhile it truthful easy tin go Dubai 2.0. Time to deliberation different, halt the killing!," helium wrote connected X.

People inspect the debris and rubble astatine the tract of Israeli bombardment connected a residential artifact successful Jalaa Street successful Gaza City connected Jan. 14, 2025 amid the ongoing warfare successful the Palestinian territory betwixt Israel and Hamas. (OMAR AL-QATTAA/AFP via Getty Images)

In a 2nd post, helium said that determination is simply a request for lasting peace.

"President Trump’s bold and unwavering pursuit for bid continues with a humanitarian’s heart. The sidesplitting indispensable stop, the warfare indispensable end, and we indispensable recognize lasting PEACE. That’s wherefore the United States volition enactment with Israel to unafraid Gaza and find a lasting location for the Palestinian people," Budowich stated.

Secretary of State Marco Rubio agreed with the president, saying that "Gaza MUST BE FREE from Hamas. As @POTUS shared today, the United States stands acceptable to pb and Make Gaza Beautiful Again. Our pursuit is 1 of lasting bid successful the portion for each people."

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Netanyahu said during the quality league with Trump that the Gaza Strip has go "a awesome of decease and demolition for truthful galore decades and truthful atrocious for the radical anyplace adjacent it."

He besides lauded Trump's tenacity and quality "to deliberation extracurricular the box" during his comments to the press. 

Sen. Rick Scott seemingly agreed with Netanyahu, penning successful an X post, "Hamas terrorists murdered babies and burned radical alive. They are evil monsters. Thank God we yet person a president who is committed to lasting with Israel and moving with Netanyahu connected however to enactment their efforts to get terrorists retired of Gaza and bring each hostage home."

Sen. Rick Scott (R-FL) arrives for the Senate Republican enactment elections astatine the U.S. Capitol connected November 13, 2024 successful Washington, DC. The Senate Republican caucus met to ballot connected caller enactment for the 119th Congress. (Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)

Congresswoman Beth Van Duyne is 1 of galore who basal for the president's extremist question to alteration however this state is being tally and agrees this is the close determination for peace.

"The satellite is looking to the United States for enactment and President @realDonaldTrump is delivering lasting peace! Today’s announcement enactment Hamas, Iran, and each our enemies connected announcement — the U.S. volition NOT proceed the presumption quo that has empowered terrorists and created a humanitarian disaster," she said.

Not everyone is onboard, though Saudi Arabia’s overseas ministry issued a connection to Trump, noting a telephone for an autarkic Palestinian authorities was a "firm, steadfast and unwavering position." 

"The Ministry of Foreign Affairs affirms that the presumption of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia connected the constitution of the Palestinian authorities is simply a firm, unwavering position, and His Highness the Prime Minister - whitethorn God support him - has affirmed this presumption successful a wide and explicit mode that does not let for immoderate mentation nether immoderate circumstances," the connection said.

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Saudi Arabia and the U.S. are successful negotiations implicit a woody to diplomatically admit Israel successful speech for a information pact among different terms.

"The work of the planetary assemblage contiguous is to enactment to alleviate the terrible quality suffering endured by the Palestinian people, who volition stay committed to their onshore and volition not budge from it," the Saudi connection said.

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Hamas besides wrote a connection criticizing Trump’s comments.

"We cull Trump’s statements successful which helium said that the residents of the Gaza Strip person nary prime but to leave, and we see them a look for creating chaos and hostility successful the region," the radical said.

Hamas has precocious reaffirmed power implicit the Gaza Strip pursuing the commencement of the ceasefire and has said they volition not merchandise hostages without an extremity to the warfare and Israeli forces’ afloat withdrawal.