Trump doubles down on Gaza plan as Jordan will soak up 2000 Palestinian youngsters

Donald Trump has doubled down on his Gaza plan as Jordan’s King Abdullah mentioned the nation would soak up 2,000 displaced Palestinian kids.

A day after he threatened to slash US assist to Jordan and Egypt if the nations didn’t comply along with his plans for Gaza, Trump met the King on the White Home on Tuesday.

The King introduced that Jordan plans to absorb 2000 Palestinian kids with most cancers who’re unwell “as shortly as attainable” as they look forward to Egypt to attract up a plan.

Trump referred to as this a “stunning gesture.”

Trump final week outlined the proposal for the US to take management of Gaza and switch it into “the Riviera of the Center East,” sparking widespread criticism from allies within the Center East, together with Saudi Arabia, Jordan, and Egypt.

Based on a press release posted by the Jordanian royal courtroom on X on Wednesday, Abdullah “stresses the necessity to put a cease to [Israeli] settlement enlargement, expressing rejection of any makes an attempt to annex land and displace the Palestinians.”

When requested throughout his assembly with the King on Tuesday if he would take into account chopping off assist to the Arab nations, Trump appeared to backtrack on earlier threats.

“Nicely, I do not wish to say that… we do not have to threaten that, I do imagine we’re above that,” he mentioned.

The King mentioned the Arab nations are at present discussing the best way to cope with the Palestinian refugees with there being “a plan from Egypt and the Arab nations.”

“I believe the purpose is how can we make this work in a method that’s good for everyone? And we have now to have a look at the perfect pursuits of the US, of the folks within the area, and particularly to my folks of Jordan,” he mentioned.

Jordan has equipped humanitarian assist to Gaza civilians through the Israel-Hamas battle and has sheltered thousands and thousands of Palestinian refugees uprooted by the warfare.

Trump, nevertheless, doubled down on his plan to take over Gaza but once more

When requested by a reporter how he plans to “purchase” Gaza, Trump mentioned, “We do not have to purchase, there’s nothing to purchase.”

“It is a war-torn space, we’ll maintain it, we’ll take it. … Gaza the way in which it’s, civilization has been worn out in Gaza. It’ll be an excellent financial growth,” he mentioned, promising jobs and financial prosperity within the area, echoing his earlier guarantees and imaginative and prescient for a so-called “Riviera of the Center East.”