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Donald Trump has vowed that the US would take over war ravaged Gaza and own it, effectively endorsing the ethnic cleansing of Palestinians, in an announcement shocking even by the standards of his norm-shattering presidency.
Trump, who has previously threatened Greenland and Panama and suggested that Canada should become the 51st state, added Gaza to his expansionist agenda, claiming that it could become the Riviera of the Middle East and declined to rule out sending US troops to make it happen.
The only reason the Palestinians want to go back to Gaza is they have no alternative, the president told a joint press conference with Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the White House on Tuesday evening. Its right now a demolition site. This is just a demolition site. Virtually every building is down.
Arguing that Palestinians could live out their lives in peace and harmony elsewhere, Trump continued: The US will take over the Gaza Strip and we will do a job with it, too. Well own it and be responsible for dismantling all of the dangerous unexploded bombs and other weapons on the site.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/feb/05/donald-trump-plan-to-take-over-gaza-strip-netanyahu-visit
(My lightly-edited headline, but the rest is a news report. It Happened Here.)
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Walleye
(37,504 posts)Irish_Dem
(63,312 posts)He is on a narc high. Narcissists love adoration, attention, and accolades.
Walleye
(37,504 posts)Irish_Dem
(63,312 posts)He is on a very dangerous high.
A psychopath career criminal given total immunity.
A narcissist who is the most powerful man in the world with everyone bowing to him.
He is going to be very destructive.
Walleye
(37,504 posts)If it was only self-destruction for him, Id say, yeah, knock yourself out. Unfortunately, the whole world is poisoned by this shit.
Irish_Dem
(63,312 posts)mackdaddy
(1,669 posts)How is this not the screaming headline?
maxrandb
(16,201 posts)Young America: "let's go find some Democrats and protest them"
Walleye
(37,504 posts)Oopsie Daisy
(5,171 posts)And "Let's call it the Antifa Party to siphon-off votes from Democrats and benefit the GOP!"
Botany
(73,107 posts)![](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a8/Tlaib_Rashida_119th_Congress.jpg)
Vinca
(51,547 posts)Johnny2X2X
(22,176 posts)I believe there were no real plans for any of this before he sat down in a room with Bibi and Bibi said a few things and he then had this bright idea, "Yeah, maybe, sure, we'll just take over the whole thing, the US, why didn't anyone else think of that before? We can develop that land with casinos and hotels, the Palestinians don't want it anymore."
He came out of that meeting thinking he had invented the wheel, and you could see Netanyahu's smirk in knowing that he had just manipulated the foolish neophyte with the smallest of gestures. Trump is a clueless lightweight going into battle with titans.
Of course, this is not possible without genocide, the people of Gaza will give every single drop of blood left in their bodies to stay on their land and in the homes of the ancestors. What does it really mean? Well, the US won't get involved really, but I think this will be an excuse for Trump to completely abandon the rebuilding efforts in Gaza as he'll want to make his delusion a reality by making it worse for people there.
Of note: Trump just sold Bibi 4,000 one thousand pound bombs and $300 Million in armor plated bulldozers. The idea is to find a reason to continue leveling Gaza, Trump literally wants it flattened so they can build hotels on it.
muriel_volestrangler
(102,972 posts)despite the guy having no Middle East experience. He's seen the conflict as a chance for a land grab for some time.