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The U.S. will take over the Gaza Strip, and we will do a job with it, too,
Trump said Tuesday evening in a joint press conference with Netanyahu
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It's been made very clear to the president that the United States needs to be involved in this rebuilding effort, to ensure stability in the region for all people,
Leavitt told reporters Wednesday at a White House press briefingI think it’s going to create value and be of great strategic importance,
Bessent told reporters MondayWhat President Trump stated about his intention to displace the residents of the Gaza Strip outside it and the United States' control over the Strip by force is a crime against humanity,
a senior Hamas official told Fox News on WednesdayWe're going to be doing something perhaps with TikTok, and perhaps not,
Trump told reporters MondayHopefully, we're not going to have to use it very much,
Trump told reporters TuesdayThey're very strong right now, and we're not going to let them get a nuclear weapon,
Trump said
On the issue of Gaza, Donald Trump is right,
Starmer’s Foreign Secretary David Lammy told reporters in Ukraine this week, reciting the part of his answer intended for an audience of one
A number of countries are going to feel that they need a different relationship with Russia and China,
Alterman warnedI would hope that the administration would pursue a more balanced and calculated approach to Ukraine,
Nelson saidThey’re not going to expect Western capitals to break out in a chorus of ‘me too, sign us up!’,
said Nathan Sales, Trump’s former Coordinator for CounterterrorismThe Biden administration tried very hard to be reliable and predictable” on the world stage
Alterman saidMy read is that they’re all gobsmacked. They didn’t see it coming,
Jon B. Alterman said of America’s alliesAs a career diplomat, my job was always to explain the interests of the US government in the best light possible. President Trump made that a tougher job,
Eric Nelson, Trump’s former ambassador to Bosnia and later the associate director of the German-American Marshall European Center for Security Studies in Munich, told CNNThis administration has not only an instinct but an appetite to be disruptive,
Alterman saidSometimes when you unfreeze things, you can unleash forces that are much more negative than you can even begin to contemplate,
Alterman saidIn Germany, the government reaction is as expected: they’re very dismissive,
he notedHe enjoys keeping people in reactive mode,
Nelson saidPeople are confusing USAID with a charity,
Nelson saidWe’ve seen this play from President Trump many times before … this is the art of the deal,
Sales added