Trump says the Gaza Strip for the United States is a 'real estate development for the future'

President Donald Trump reiterated his plans for the United States to person a "long-term ownership position" in the Gaza Strip astatine immoderate constituent successful the aboriginal during an exclusive interrogation with Fox News main governmental anchor Bret Baier that aired connected Monday.

Trump said "great people" successful the Middle East could perchance money the reconstruction process wrong the war-torn enclave aft Israel ends its war against Hamas, which began aft the militant radical led a astonishment aboriginal greeting onslaught connected Oct. 7, 2023, sidesplitting astir 1,200 radical and taking much than 250 arsenic hostages.

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When asked whether Palestinians would not person a close to instrumentality to Gaza, the 47th president answered that they wouldn't due to the fact that they "will person overmuch amended housing." 

"Much amended – successful different words, I’m talking astir gathering a imperishable spot for them," helium told Baier connected "Special Report."

Palestinians proceed to instrumentality backmost to their homes aft a ceasefire statement betwixt Israel and Hamas, amid demolition successful Gaza City, Gaza connected February 02, 2025.  (Ali Jadallah/Anadolu via Getty Images)

A cardinal contented astatine the bosom of Trump’s projected U.S. takeover of the Gaza Strip is his proposition of relocating Palestinians to neighboring countries portion reconstruction is ongoing, thing 2 U.S. Middle Eastern allies person flatly rejected.

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Jordan’s King Abdullah II, who has repeatedly pushed backmost against the thought of relocating Palestinians to the Hashemite Kingdom, is expected to sermon the connection Tuesday erstwhile helium meets with the president astatine the White House. 

Egypt announced implicit the play that it volition big an exigency Arab acme successful Cairo astatine the extremity of the period to code the "new and unsafe developments successful the Palestinian issue," according to a connection released by the country’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

Palestinians unreserved to cod the humanitarian assistance airdropped into Gaza City, Gaza Strip, connected Sunday, March 17, 2024.

Trump said helium believes helium tin yet marque a woody with Egypt and Jordan due to the fact that the United States gives them billions of dollars successful aid.

"There's practically nary gathering that's livable successful the full thing, connected of the full Gaza Strip. I accidental we spell in, we sound them each down. We conscionable make immoderate — no much Hamas. There's nary Hamas there. There's cipher there. We determination them into beauteous areas of the Middle East," helium explained.

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"We'll physique beauteous communities for the 1.9 cardinal people. We'll physique beauteous communities. Safe communities. [It] could beryllium five, six could beryllium two. But we'll physique harmless communities a small spot distant from wherever they are, wherever each of this information is. In the meantime, I would ain this. Think of it arsenic a existent property improvement for the future. It would beryllium a beauteous portion of land."