President Donald Trump Jordan’s King Abdullah II welcomed in the White House on Tuesday, a visit that comes in the midst of controversial discussions between the US and Arab countries about moving Palestinian refugees to Jordan and other adjacent Arab countries to rebuild Gaza.
Trump revealed plans on February 4 that the US would try to “” take over “the Gaza Strip in a” long -term ownership position to give stability to the region during a joint press conference with the Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
However, Trump’s proposal led to a rapid recoil from Arab countries, including Jordan, and Egypt announced on Sunday plans for an Arab Arabian top to discuss “new and dangerous developments” with regard to the re -establishment of Palestinians on 27 February.
Trump, however, doubled his plans in an interview that was broadcast on Monday with Fox News Chief Political Anchor Bret Baier and said he expected Abdullah to eventually choose to let Palestinians in.
“I think he will take, and I think other countries will also take,” Trump told Baier. “They have good hearts.”
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President Donald Trump welcomed the Jordanian king Abdullah II, depicted here, in the White House on 11 February 2025. (Li Rui/Xinhua via Getty images)
However, Trump also gave a warning that withholding help to Jordan could happen if Jordan would refuse to take Palestinian refugees. According to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the US divided nearly $ 1.7 billion in foreign aid to Jordan to Jordan.
“Yes, maybe why not,” Trump said then asked. “If they don’t, I might have help, yes.”
Trump welcomed Netanyahu in the White House on February 4 and revealed his plans to run from Gaza In the “Riviera of the Middle East.”
“We will possess it and be responsible for dismantling all dangerous, non -depleted bombs and other weapons on the site,” Trump told reporters.
“Level the site and bowl of the destroyed buildings, deliver it, create an economic development that will deliver unlimited numbers of jobs and housing for people in the area,” Trump said. “Do it really. Do something else. I just can’t go back. If you go back, it will be the same way as 100 years.”
He also said that “all” Palestinians under his plan would be removed from Gaza, although the press secretary Karoline Leavitt said the next day that their removal would be “temporary” during the reconstruction process.
Yet on Monday, Trump Fox News said that Palestinians would not return to Gaza under his plan.
Trump says we will ‘take over’ Gaza Strip, rebuilding to stabilize the middle -east
Senator John Thune, SD, depicted here, did not publicly appear shocked by President Donald Trump for Gaza. (Getty Images)
Wetgevers on Capitol Hill shared mixed reactions to the plan.
“I am speechless, that is insane,” said Senator Chris Coons, D-del., Jewish Insider said on 4 February.
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Senator majority leader John Thune, RS.D., however, did not seem shocked by the comments.
“I think he wants to bring a more peaceful, safe middle -east and bring some ideas,” Thune told reporters on Wednesday.
The Associated Press has contributed to this report.
