WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump said Tuesday he wants the U.S. to take ownership of the Gaza Strip and redevelop it after Palestinians are resettled elsewhere.
“We will own it and be responsible for dismantling all of the dangerous unexploded bombs and other weapons on the site,” Trump said a start of a joint news conference with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

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    12 hours ago

    How else were they supposed to get the democrats to stop driving the bus off the cliff?

    You can’t always get what you want, and sometimes you get what you don’t want. Knowing when is the right time to take action is just as important sometimes as taking action.

    All this protest did was end up with Palestinians in an even worse spot.

    I said it was NOT unforeseen. People knew that these protests would suppress democratic voters, and would be unlikely to sway the current administration. They protested anyways knowing that could cause a Trump victory. Now by the time the next election comes around, there may not be a Palestinian people for the Democratic party to support.

    This situation is the textbook definition of cutting off your nose to spite your face.

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      People knew that these protests would suppress democratic voters

      The notion that the reason the genocide was unpopular because of the protestors is absurd. The protesters were responding to an incredibly unpopular thing, not causing it to be incredibly unpopular.

      would be unlikely to sway the current administration

      The previous administration stopped running and put Kamala in when they saw they had no pathway to victory, so they’re capable of making changes when they know they have no alternative. It was only the “vote blue no matter who” crowd who allowed them to live under the delusion they could win while trying to be republicans.

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        It’s not the genocide that was unpopular because of the protestors, it was voting that was unpopular because of the protest. The protests brought far more attention to the situation, and people stayed home on voting day because of it.

        If you think that the only difference between Democrats and Republicans was their support for the Israeli situation then you’re completely delusional.

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          4 years from now, when democrats are running on building the wall, mass deportations, getting tough on crime, banning trans people from public spaces, and continuing whatever war Trump starts, you will be telling anyone telling the democrats that this is unpopular “shut up, this really is super popular and the democrats really can win by adopting the republican platform from 4 years ago”.