I could be wrong, but I have the feeling there might be something more going on here than the straightforward endorsement of Israel’s ethnic cleansing of Gaza it appears to be.
Donald Trump’s bold plan to have the U.S. take over Gaza and transform it from rubble into a Middle East ‘Riviera’ is sparking fears from foreign policy experts who warn it could lead to a bloody occupation if it actually took place.
Trump’s ambitious comments about the U.S. seizing an ‘ownership position’ in the territory – even by sending troops if necessary – had lawmakers and analysts wondering if his vision would plunge the nation into the potentially bloody role of occupying power amid an intractable conflict.
Although Trump said Middle East leaders ‘love’ the idea and that the 1.8 million Gazans he estimated would be relocated to other countries would embrace it, there was evidence that the proposal was not fully cooked when Trump floated it at a press conference.
After all, who is going to live there? Anyhow, as with everything Trump says, don’t pay too much attention to it unless and until he actually does it. This could just be a way of keeping the media looking one way until something else is done, especially given everything he’s actually done so far.
AC offers an intriguing observation.
I think Netanyahu tried to pressure Trump into relocating the Gazans, cleaning up the explosives, and redeveloping the land so Israel could take it over, get the gas reserves under it and make a shipping channel to compete with the Suez Canal, and pissed Trump off. So Trump waited until this news conference and just announced there the US would take possession of Gaza, probably figuring we can establish a port there for the Navy, some listening posts, maybe even to monitor the Israelis, and a base to allow us to operate in the region. Netanyahu does not look pleased.
We’ll see. Considering how things have been going so far, at this point, the God-Emperor 2.0 merits a lot of our trust.
