If a real estate developer becomes president of the United States, don’t be surprised if American foreign policy includes extensive support for real estate development.
That is perhaps the biggest conclusion from Donald Trump’s incredible proposal that the US will take over Gaza and turn it into a resort for everyone in the world to enjoy. In his words, it is the “Middle Eastern Riviera.”
It also presents the latest iteration of the continuing questions as long as Trump is involved in the highest level of American politics.
Should Trump’s Gaza development plan, including resettling US “ownership” over two million Palestinians, be taken literally or seriously? Both or both?
Trump’s proposal was immediately rejected by Arab countries that fly in the face of the deeply embraced wishes of Palestinians and must play an integral role in resetting those who have fled from war-torn Gaza. Ta.
It also sparked a way of protest from the international community, and domestic critics of the president in the Democrats.
“Developing war-torn lands like Trump Golf Resorts is not a peace plan, nor is it an insult,” said Democrat Troy Carter from Louisiana. “Serious leaders are pursuing real solutions, not real estate transactions.”
Even some of Trump’s most immobilised Republican allies appear to be wary of the president’s proposal that US troops could occupy Gaza, clean up tiles and remove unexploded Israeli ordinances I did.
“Most South Carolinians probably aren’t excited to send Americans to take over Gaza,” said Lindsey Graham, representing South Carolina in the U.S. Senate. “I think that might be a problem, but I’m open-minded.”
Kentucky Senator Rand Paul is even more dull.
“We thought we were the first to vote for America,” he wrote to X.
Paul highlights what was apparent inconsistency in the early weeks of Trump’s presidency. Trump has pledged us to culpate foreign aid and focus on domestic concerns in the US, but he also prolonged his remarks in the talk of American expansionism.
His interest in acquiring Greenland is permanent and fatal, according to administrative officials. His talk of making Canada the “51st province” and seizing the Panama Canal is no longer treated like a joke.
And now, one of the most vocal right-wing critics of the US invasion and Iraq’s reconstruction, Trump suggests a new Middle Eastern nation-building project.
They may be shocking to some when it comes to the specific ideas behind Trump’s latest proposal, but they shouldn’t be shocked too much.
The president spoke to an Air Force reporter a day after the inauguration, saying he “cleans” Gaza and resettled the Palestinians.
During the presidential election, he told conservative radio host Hugh Hewitt that Gaza “is better than Monaco” but Palestinians “never used” “the best place in the Middle East.” He spoke.
This is also not the first time Trump has seen a seemingly unruly foreign policy situation as an exciting business opportunity.
During his 2018 meeting with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, President Trump marveled at Hermit Nation’s “Great Beach,” where one day they could have “the best hotel.”
These ambitious dreams are shelved. And Trump’s vision of Gaza requires a vital commitment of American blood and property when it thwarts foreign involvement, and almost certainly fulfills the same fate.
But Trump’s Gaza proposal represents a marked shift in America’s commitment to two states’ solutions to the Palestinian situation.
A generous interpretation of American strategy is that it is designed to shake up the Middle Eastern powers and force them to force their own resources and political will to find long-term solutions to the Gaza situation.
However, such strategies carry risks.
The multi-step Israel Hama ceasefire depends on balance. Palestinians can view Trump’s comments as a sign that the US is not interested in enduring peace, but Israel’s hardliner, an important part of Benjamin Netanyahu’s governing coalition, is the Israeli hardliner. They may celebrate it as a green light of playing cards to further expand the settlement.
Arab countries – some of them worked with the first Trump administration to create a normalized relationship with Israel in Abraham’s succession – whether his second term can become a trusted negotiating partner You might doubt it.
Now there is longstanding evidence that Trump’s focus can shift to instant notifications. Ultimately, he abandons all attempts to mediate durable Middle Eastern peace and their decision to reject the Palestinians and their Arab allies with the prospect of a better life that has been excluded from past conflicts. We were able to criticize what we saw as.
Then he went back to the trade war with Canada, North Korean condos, Greenland mining sites, or other challenges that do not require him to divide his own party or resolve hostility for centuries. I have come.
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