'Level it': Trump says US will 'take over'
Gaza Strip, rebuild it to stabilize Middle East
Fox News,
by
Emma Colton
Original Article
Posted By: Harlowe,
2/4/2025 11:49:39 PM
The U.S. will "take over the Gaza Strip," level it and rebuild the area, President Donald Trump said during a press conference Tuesday evening after meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the White House. [Snip] "And everybody I've spoken to--this was not a decision made lightly--everybody I've spoken to loves the idea of the United States owning that piece of land. Developing and creating thousands of jobs with something that will be magnificent in a really magnificent area that nobody would know. Nobody can look because all they see is death and destruction and rubble."
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Reply 1 - Posted by:
Lucky5 2/4/2025 11:50:46 PM (No. 1889517)
I am learning he starts out with huge statements and then things seem to happen and balance out. But his ideas trigger all of it.
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Reply 2 - Posted by:
DVC 2/4/2025 11:56:43 PM (No. 1889521)
This does not seem, at first look, like a good idea. I'll sit back and watch and see what happens. Perhaps he'll get Saudi Arabia and other countries to put in troops to protect it, and build a 'new Riviera' as he has predicted. Maybe it may work when the vermin are removed or exterminated.
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Reply 3 - Posted by:
danu 2/5/2025 1:08:33 AM (No. 1889553)
let's sort out my precious panama canal first.
all of these tossers will be in a frenzy soon enough
to claim the millions and the real estate for themselves.
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I am not so sure of this one, this is a region where everybody hates everybody, especially the US. It probably needs to be leveled, remove all the vermin, but a Mideast riviera, I can't picture it ever lasting. Rebuild it and let the Arabs manage the rats, this feels like putting us in the middle of a nightmare of possibilities of war when the rats come crawing back in, and they will. I hope poster #1 is right and there is method to this idea and all will balance out.
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Reply 5 - Posted by:
Golden Goose 2/5/2025 6:50:39 AM (No. 1889628)
At a minimum, this is a brilliant and credible bluff in a grand game of geopolitical poker.
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Reply 6 - Posted by:
chumley 2/5/2025 7:11:28 AM (No. 1889646)
We have no business in the middle east. We have wasted far too much money there; money we dont have and needed to borrow. If the issue is oil, let them kill each other and buy it off the winner.
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Reply 7 - Posted by:
Red Jeep 2/5/2025 7:12:36 AM (No. 1889647)
Gaza is a great place to have a huge military base to strike anywhere in the region. Scare the Muslims.
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Reply 8 - Posted by:
Venturer 2/5/2025 7:53:04 AM (No. 1889690)
Not so sure about this one.
No doubt Gaza could be great, but how does he keep Hamas out.
Gaza could become the Riviera of the Middle East.
Imagine tourists visiting the Holy Land and vacationing on the Beaches of Gaza.
How stupid were the Islamics when they were given Gaza a thriving place and they destroyed it.
No doubt Gaza could become a beautiful place, but should we be doing it?
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Reply 9 - Posted by:
mc squared 2/5/2025 9:40:58 AM (No. 1889773)
Sounds like a Marshall Plan for Gaza. Not sure I like it yet.
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Reply 10 - Posted by:
privateer 2/5/2025 11:05:03 AM (No. 1889859)
Investing American blood (and there will be) and treasure to meddle in a pointless war---that can never be won---seems a perfect example of repeating past mistakes . See Vietnam, Afghanistan. Close our border, expel 40 million freeloading invaders, rebuild our infrastructure, make schools a place for education. Build condos on Mars. LOL, that last one. If the Military demands another shooting gallery, we could take North Korea. I'll wait to see if this is just a maneuver.
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Reply 11 - Posted by:
jdano 2/5/2025 11:24:38 AM (No. 1889883)
Put me down for a waterfront condo near the pool and early bird dinner buffets.
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Reply 12 - Posted by:
RubiconDan 2/5/2025 12:09:18 PM (No. 1889943)
This is absolutely a radical, revolutionary, totally out of the box, idea that PUNCTURES the whole idea of a palestinian ethnic . There is no solution to the problem of "Palestine" as there was never a separate palestinian ethic or nation state. The area, Gaza, is a cesspool of hate and murder that will only rise up and strike Israel again if no drastic changes are made. Sure there are many obstacles to overcome but it is worth it to stop the madness of Hamas. Couple this idea with strangling Iran with sanctions again to cripple terrorist funding. Now force the Arab states to accept their brethren and give up the idea of the the total destruction/elimination of Israel.
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