Donald Trump unveils radical plan for war-torn Gaza
Updated: 06:31 GMT, 26 January 2025
Donald Trump outlined an extraordinary plan for peace in the Middle East by moving more than one million people out of Gaza and into Jordan and Egypt.
'You're talking about a million and half people, and we just clean out that whole thing,' he told DailyMail.com aboard the presidential jet Air Force One on Saturday.
It was unclear if he meant move everyone out. But the idea will be immediately controversial, stoking Arab fears of a plot to give Palestinian land to Israel.
But ever the property mogul, Trump saw the solution to the region's conflict in construction and land as he described a phone call with Jordan's King Abdullah earlier in the day.
He said he asked him to take in more Palestinian refugees from a region mired in war.
'You know over the centuries it's had many, many conflicts. And I don't know, something has to happen,' he said in answer to DailyMail.com's questions during a 20-minute question and answer session on the presidential jet with his traveling press pool.
'It's literally a demolition site, almost everything is demolished and people are dying there so I'd rather get involved with some of the Arab nations and build housing at a different location where they can maybe live in peace for a change.'
He said he will make the same request to Egypt's President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi when they talk on Sunday.