# Trump says the U.S. will ‘take over’ Gaza and relocate its people. What does it mean?

- Link: https://www.widthness.com/trump-says-the-u-s-will-take-over-gaza-and-relocate-its-people-what-does-it-mean/
- Published: 2025-02-06T09:15:26-06:00
- Author: Curated by Theresa Wysocki

Photo caption: President Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speak during a news conference in the East Room of the White House on Tuesday. Photo credit: Alex Brandon / AP. Article by Daniel Estrin and Kat Lonsdorf. NPR – February 5, 2025. TEL AVIV, Israel — President Trump floated two bombshell ideas Tuesday about Gaza that has Palestinians, Israelis and the wider Middle East scrambling. The first: that the U.S. would take over the territory. “The U.S. will take over the Gaza Strip,” Trump said in a White House press conference with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. “We’ll own it … We have an opportunity to do something that could be phenomenal … the Riviera of the Middle East.” […] Click here to view original web page at www.npr.org Updates: Trump officials try to walk back president’s Gaza comments – as it happened – The Guardian 5 takeaways as Trump’s Gaza Strip proposal reverberates – The Hill Does Trump mean what he just said about Gaza? – Vox Exclusive: Inside Trump’s Gaza takeover stunner – Axios How Trump arrived at his stunning idea to ‘take over’ the Gaza Strip – CNN