Palestinians on Trump's Gaza plan: 'We’ll reconstruct Gaza with our own will'

Bill Maherhost

I agree with the notion that it's good to open a window and let in some fresh air, because people do get locked into silly ideas that we then take as the group think,

Maher responded

I personally think that's actually the mislogic of a lot of liberal-leaning leaders in Europe and in America, ... thinking that you can just take refugees from these parts of the world and not think through the detailed steps of what it is for those countries to rebuild."

Donalds continued

He said, 'You know, it's going to be the riviera-' okay, that's a little ridiculous,

Maher said

Byron Donaldscongressman

Even the American troops piece that has been pulled back. That's not the case. But you have to have some vision for what that part of the region should be,

Donalds said

Bill Maherhost

And again, the kernel of an idea here is valid, but the idea, but introducing the notion of American troops, and also, wouldn't this be kind of expensive for you America First people

Maher asked Donalds

Bill Maherhost

This is something I read in op-eds in The New York Times, 10, 15, 20 years ago. Gaza does not have to be that. It could be something closer to Dubai. So the fact that Donald Trump, in his childlike way, throws that idea out there, is not the worst thing in the world,

Maher continued

And I'm not talking about nation building a la George W. Bush, I'm not talking about that, but you've got to have leadership in that region. There have to be peace accords in that region. And so when President Trump was leaving the first time, that was the premise of the Abraham accords. Have the Arab states with Israel actually work together in peace so you can actually develop a stable, political, religious, whatever they choose that to be, and an economic area so people can live in harmony and peace, period,

Donalds added

It's like Donald Trump wants to turn Gaza into Atlantic City, but like, let's not forget how he left Atlantic City."

Puck News' Tara Palmeri interjected

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

I would hope that the administration would pursue a more balanced and calculated approach to Ukraine,

Nelson said

A number of countries are going to feel that they need a different relationship with Russia and China,

Alterman warned

We’ve seen this play from President Trump many times before … this is the art of the deal,

Sales added

This administration has not only an instinct but an appetite to be disruptive,

Alterman said

They’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 Counterterrorism

As 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 CNN

The Biden administration tried very hard to be reliable and predictable” on the world stage

Alterman said

Sometimes when you unfreeze things, you can unleash forces that are much more negative than you can even begin to contemplate,

Alterman said

In Germany, the government reaction is as expected: they’re very dismissive,

he noted

People are confusing USAID with a charity,

Nelson said

My read is that they’re all gobsmacked. They didn’t see it coming,

Jon B. Alterman said of America’s allies