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This is an out-of-the-box idea. That’s who President Trump is. That’s why the American people elected him and his goal is lasting peace in the Middle East for all people in the region,
Leavitt told reporters in a press briefing at the White House today I think building the Middle East is in America’s interest, and I’ve always said we can’t be the world’s policeman, but where it’s in our self-interest, in our national interest, where we have the capability of providing stability, we ought to explore those possibilities, and that’s all we’re looking at right now,
If we're going to pass a law, we need to know that the law is followed,
He spoke with the king of Bahrain. He spoke with the Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia, and he has made it very clear, he’s been very vocal, that he expects our partners in the region, particularly Egypt and Jordan, to expect Palestinian refugees temporarily so that we can rebuild their home,
I think it’s one people need to think about seriously. It was not meant as a hostile move,
Let me be clear: No FBI employee who simply followed orders and carried out their duties in an ethical manner with respect to January 6 investigations is at risk of termination or other penalties,
Bove, Trump's former personal lawyer, wrote in the memo We will try to find common ground where it is possible,
Aguilar said, without pointing to specific proposals I don’t know how this could possibly turn out, but let’s explore the possibility."
Asked by NBC News if taking and owning sovereign land is feasible, Johnson said Any foreign intelligence service worth its weight could apply research and analytic tools to marry up these names and initials with other public records to identify and target many of them,
a former senior intelligence official said The only individuals who should be concerned about the process initiated by my January 31, 2025 memo are those who acted with corrupt or partisan intent, who blatantly defied orders from Department leadership, or who exercised discretion in weaponizing the FBI,
It does not mean American taxpayers will be funding this effort,
Let’s see how this all plays out. It’s a lot better than again, just facing the same destructive path that has not served anybody’s interest,
It is possible that Trump will use this Gaza initiative as leverage to lower their price regarding normalization,
Up until now, the Saudis have been quite clear about what they demand - At 4 a.m., they published a statement that they are not giving up on a Palestinian state
We stressed its categorical rejection of any infringement on the Palestinians’ unalienable rights and any attempts of displacement."
The UAE Foreign Office said in a statement Everyone loves my Gaza idea,
was the sentence Trump told reporters on Wednesday, less than 24 hours after his statement that This is the most foolish idea any American president has put forth in the modern history of the United States,
said Fawaz Gerges, a veteran Middle East expert and professor at the London School of Economics I don’t think people should be going back to Gaza, ... Palestinians will live there. Many people will live there
he said, adding later ... without explaining the apparent contradiction We’ll see what the Arab world says but you know that’d be problematic at many many levels,
Benjamin Netanyahu is the happiest man in Israel today because he got exactly what he wanted,
