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Donald Trump has suggested large numbers of Palestinians should leave Gaza to “just clean out” the whole strip, after ordering the US military to restart shipments of 2,000lb bombs to Israel.

The US president said he wanted Gaza residents to move to neighbouring nations, and that they could be displaced “temporarily or could be long-term”, after a phone call with Jordan’s King Abdullah on Saturday.

“I said to him: I’d love you to take on more because I’m looking at the whole Gaza Strip right now and it’s a mess, it’s a real mess. I’d like him to take people,” Trump said, when asked about the call.

He also suggested Egypt as a destination for Gaza residents, and said he would raise the issue with President Abdel Fatah al-Sisi on Sunday.

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[-] queermunist@lemmy.ml 12 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

600-900 aid trucks are entering Gaza every day and the bombs have stopped falling.

Trump talks shit a lot, but until he actually does something the situation now is far better than it was under Biden.

[-] LillyPip@lemmy.ca 36 points 5 days ago

You’re kidding, right? You think that aid is because of trump, when you’re responding in an article that says his stated motives are the opposite of that?

Much of that aid was already secured before he took office. Shit takes time – especially in a war zone. Wait a month or so and get back to me on whether aid from the US continues. The US has been giving aid to many places that will continue for a short while until the new policies filter through.

Listen to what the new moron-in-chief says, and notice that some policies take a bit of time to take effect. Like the US economy, for instance. Large systems don’t turn on a dime.

[-] Ghyste@sh.itjust.works 8 points 4 days ago

Wait a month or so and get back to me on whether aid from the US continues.

Too late.

[-] PanArab@lemm.ee 4 points 4 days ago

Palestinians can get aid from elsewhere. They have rich neighbors. We just need the aid trucks to get in and now they are.

[-] Ghyste@sh.itjust.works 5 points 4 days ago

I certainly hope so.

[-] queermunist@lemmy.ml 7 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

They could have gotten that aid in any time they wanted. It doesn't just take time, it takes political will. The trucks were already there and the aid was all ready to go, they just had to be let in the border by the Zionist entity. They needed a ceasefire.

I'll definitely be watching what happens over the next weeks and months, but how about we actually do that instead of catastrophize every time the moron in chief says something stupid that he can't enforce? Forcing Egypt and Jordan to take 1.5-2 million refugees is about as likely as Trump actually annexing Greenland. This shit isn't happening.

[-] rocket_dragon@lemmy.dbzer0.com 17 points 4 days ago

The fascists have done an incredible job lulling people into a false sense of security with "Trump just says outrageous things to trigger the libs he'll never actually do anything".

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