{"id":2399444,"date":"2025-02-05T19:11:01","date_gmt":"2025-02-06T00:11:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/white-house-tries-to-offer-more-clarity-on-trumps-plan-for-gaza-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2025-02-05T19:13:08","modified_gmt":"2025-02-06T00:13:08","slug":"white-house-tries-to-offer-more-clarity-on-trumps-plan-for-gaza-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/white-house-tries-to-offer-more-clarity-on-trumps-plan-for-gaza-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"White House tries to offer more clarity on Trump\u2019s plan for Gaza &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">30<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fwhite-house-tries-to-offer-more-clarity-on-trumps-plan-for-gaza-washington-examiner%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2399444&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The White House attempted to clarify comments\u2063 made by Donald Trump regarding the U.S. potentially taking control of the Gaza Strip, which \u2063created notable concern both in Washington and\u2062 the Middle East. During a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/newsom-extends-southern-california-stay-at-home-order-for-at-least-another-three-weeks\/\" title=\"Newsom Extends Southern California Stay...at...Home Order For at Least Another Three Weeks\">press briefing<\/a>, Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt characterized \u2064Trump as \u2062an &#8220;outside-the-box thinker,&#8221; emphasizing his approach problem-solving for issues others deem unsolvable. \u2064However, she \u2063faced scrutiny over \u200bthe implications of involvement in Gaza, particularly if it \u200cwould include U.S. troop deployment or lead to military interventions, which Trump has historically opposed.<\/p>\n<p>Leavitt asserted that \u200crelocating Gaza&#8217;s residents would \u2064be \u2062temporary, which raised questions among international leaders who condemned the plan as forced evictions. Trump \u200cdescribed Gaza as \u200ba &#8220;demolition site,&#8221; and leavitt echoed this sentiment,arguing that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/haitians-struggle-following-deadly-earthquake-over-2k-dead\/\" title=\"Haitians struggle following deadly earthquake, over 2k dead\">current living conditions<\/a> are untenable. Simultaneously\u2064 occurring, the Secretary of\u2063 Defense, Pete Hegseth, indicated \u200dthe Pentagon is open to exploring various options. the <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">proposal faces considerable pushback<\/a> and raises complex humanitarian and geopolitical \u200bissues.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">White House tries to offer more clarity on Trump&rsquo;s plan for Gaza<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_1976718\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/white-house\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"White House\">White House<\/a> on Wednesday tried to clarify some of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Donald Trump\">Donald Trump<\/a>&lsquo;s remarks about the United States taking over the Gaza strip. <\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>Trump&rsquo;s remarks a day earlier sent <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3310439\/trump-netanyahu-own-gaza-strip-hamas\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"shockwaves\">shockwaves<\/a> throughout Washington and the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/foreign-policy\/3311337\/middle-east-leaders-panic-trump-gaza-proposal\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"shockwaves\">Middle East<\/a>, raising a lot of questions about the plan to &ldquo;own&rdquo; the strip and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/senate\/3311225\/trump-met-gop-skepticism-gaza-takeover-plan\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"what it would entail\">what it would entail<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Press <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/donald-trump-ends-negotiations-with-nancy-pelosi-on-coronavirus-relief\/\" title=\"... Ends Negotiations with Nancy Pelosi on Coronavirus Relief\">secretary<\/a> Karoline Leavitt defended the plan before a skeptical White House briefing room, saying that Trump is an &ldquo;outside-the-box thinker&rdquo; who solves problems that other people think are not solvable. <\/p>\n<p>But she was quickly pressed for more details, such as whether the plan could involve U.S. troops and whether it contradicts Trump&rsquo;s long-standing stance against nation-building projects abroad.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I would reject the premise of your question that this could force the United States to be entangled in conflicts abroad,&rdquo; Leavitt told one reporter. &ldquo;The president is not committed to putting boots on the ground in Gaza.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Asked if it would be worth losing a single U.S. Marine to turn the Gaza strip into the &ldquo;Riviera of the Middle East,&rdquo; Leavitt reiterated that Trump has not committed to sending troops to the embattled area.<\/p>\n<p>Later during a meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Trump&rsquo;s newly installed Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth said the Pentagon is &ldquo;prepared to look at all options.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I would just say, to the question of Gaza, the definition of insanity is attempting to do the same thing over and over and over again,&rdquo; Hegseth said.<\/p>\n<p>Another sticking point was whether the relocation of any refugees would be temporary or permanent, with Leavitt promising that relocations would be temporary.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The president has made clear that they need to be temporarily relocated out of Gaza for the rebuilding effort,&rdquo; she said at the White House.<\/p>\n<p>Leaders from Egypt, Jordan, the United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, and the Arab League released a statement condemning Trump&rsquo;s proposed resettlement of Palestinians as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fed-investigating-trump-gunman-allegedly-made-anti-trump-posts\/\" title=\"Fed Investigating ... Gunman Allegedly Made \u2018Anti......\u2019 Posts\">forced &#038;ldquo<\/a>;evictions&rdquo; that they would not allow &ldquo;in any form or under any circumstances or justifications.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Trump himself referred to war-torn Gaza as a &ldquo;demolition site,&rdquo; a phrase Leavitt repeated, saying it would take more than a decade to reconstruct the enclave.<\/p>\n<p>Leavitt also said that Netanyahu was aware of the announcement ahead of time, contracting some reports that the Israeli prime minister looked surprised upon hearing Trump&rsquo;s proposal. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Finally, Leavitt pushed back hard against the notion that relocating Palestinians would be inhumane, suggesting that Gaza as it stands today is not habitable.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Again, it&rsquo;s a demolition site right now,&rdquo; she said. &ldquo;It&rsquo;s not a livable place for any human being. And I think it&rsquo;s actually quite evil to suggest that people should live in such dire conditions.<\/p>\n<p><em>Mike Brest contributed to this report. <\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_1976718\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1976718\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>White House seeks to clarify Trump&#8217;s Gaza takeover comments<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2635,"featured_media":2399445,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/White-House-Donald-Trump-Gaza.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[18337,20083,3634,32076,32127],"class_list":["post-2399444","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner","tag-clarity","tag-gaza","tag-trump","tag-washington-examiner","tag-white-house"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/White-House-Donald-Trump-Gaza.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2399444","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2635"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2399444"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2399444\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2399448,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2399444\/revisions\/2399448"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2399445"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2399444"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2399444"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2399444"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}