{"id":2401573,"date":"2025-02-11T19:11:03","date_gmt":"2025-02-12T00:11:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-plays-nice-with-jordan-as-he-talks-tough-with-hamas-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2025-02-11T19:13:00","modified_gmt":"2025-02-12T00:13:00","slug":"trump-plays-nice-with-jordan-as-he-talks-tough-with-hamas-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-plays-nice-with-jordan-as-he-talks-tough-with-hamas-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump plays nice with Jordan as he talks tough with Hamas &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">28<\/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%2Ftrump-plays-nice-with-jordan-as-he-talks-tough-with-hamas-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=2401573&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 article discusses President Donald Trump&#8217;s \u200d<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/joe-biden-calls-volodymyr-zelensky-after-having-made-alarming-comments-about-ukraine-and-russia\/\" title=\"Joe ... Calls Volodymyr Zelensky After Having Made Alarming Comments About Ukraine and Russia\">recent diplomatic efforts<\/a> concerning the ongoing conflict between Israel \u200cadn Hamas. During a meeting\u200d with King Abdullah II of Jordan at the White House, Trump proposed a controversial plan to &#8220;take&#8221; Gaza and relocate 2\u200d million Palestinians \u200bto other countries, including Egypt and Jordan.This \u2062stance marks a critically important shift from previous U.S. foreign policy and has raised concerns\u200c over its \u200dimplications for regional stability \u200cand international law.<\/p>\n<p>Trump demanded that\u200d hamas release \u2063all hostages by a set deadline, which has heightened \u200dtensions as Hamas recently announced a delay in the planned hostage release. In response, Israeli prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu accepted Trump&#8217;s new terms, warning \u200cof a return to military \u2064action if the hostages \u200bare not freed.<\/p>\n<p>Experts criticize Trump&#8217;s\u2064 approach, suggesting it jeopardizes delicate negotiations and could worsen the humanitarian\u200d crisis \u2064in Gaza. King Abdullah refrained from\u200d commenting on Trump\u2019s proposal but reiterated\u200d Jordan&#8217;s commitment to a two-state solution, emphasizing the importance of not displacing Palestinians.<\/p>\n<p>The article notes that Trump appears to be leveraging his position to negotiate\u200d with foreign leaders while reversing many aspects of the Biden administration&#8217;s\u2064 policies.\u200b This evolving strategy highlights the complexities\u2062 and stakes involved in the U.S.&#8217;s role in the \u2064Middle East, especially regarding humanitarian and geopolitical concerns.  <\/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\">Trump plays nice with Jordan as he talks tough with Hamas<\/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_1991452\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Donald Trump<\/a> is rewriting the ceasefire and hostage deal between <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/israel\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Israel<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/hamas\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Hamas<\/a> and undoing decades of U.S. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/section\/policy\/foreign-policy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">foreign policy<\/a> in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/middle-east\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Middle East<\/a>, reiterating his desire to &ldquo;take&rdquo; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/gaza\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Gaza<\/a> during his meeting with the king of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/jordan\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Jordan<\/a> at the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/section\/news\/white-house\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">White House <\/a>on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>But with Trump demanding that Hamas release all its hostages by Saturday, the president will not have long to wait to see if at least one of his diplomatic gambles pays off.<\/p>\n<p>Trump revoked former President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/joe-biden\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Joe Biden<\/a>&rsquo;s ceasefire and hostage deal on Monday when he told Hamas and its allies in Gaza to release the remaining 76 hostages they took during their <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/october-7\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Oct. 7 terrorist attacks<\/a> by noon on Saturday or that &ldquo;all hell is going to break loose.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Trump&rsquo;s rescinding the deal comes after Hamas announced on Monday that the hostage release scheduled for this Saturday will be delayed &ldquo;until further notice.&rdquo;&nbsp;Tensions have escalated in the region since last week&rsquo;s release of three Israeli men who appeared emaciated after more than a year in captivity.<\/p>\n<p>A day later, Israeli Prime Minister <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/benjamin-netanyahu\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Benjamin Netanyahu <\/a>accepted Trump&rsquo;s new terms, warning Hamas on Tuesday that if it does not release the hostages, &ldquo;[Israel Defense Forces] will return to intense fighting until [the terrorist organization] is finally defeated.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Moments later, Trump met with King Abdullah II bin al Hussein of Jordan in the Oval Office to discuss his proposal to &ldquo;take&rdquo; Gaza and permanently relocate 2 million Palestinians in countries such as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/egypt\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Egypt<\/a> and Jordan.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;There is nothing to buy,&rdquo; Trump told reporters on Tuesday. &ldquo;It&rsquo;s Gaza. It&rsquo;s a war-torn area. We&rsquo;re going to take it, we&rsquo;re going to hold it, we&rsquo;re going to cherish it, we&rsquo;re going to get it going eventually where a lot of jobs are going to be created for the people in the Middle East. It&rsquo;s going to be for the people in the Middle East. But I think it could be a diamond.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>When pressed on what authority Trump would &ldquo;take&rdquo; Gaza, the president replied, &ldquo;U.S. authority.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>For Center for Strategic and International Studies Middle East program senior fellow Natasha Hall, Trump has &ldquo;thrown the ceasefire into a tail spin, but also international law and regional stability&rdquo; after the Biden administration spent 15 months on the first deal, with negotiations regarding the agreement&rsquo;s second and third phases ongoing.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;While I think we all want the hostages released, I think it is ultimately President Trump that has put it in jeopardy,&rdquo; Hall told the <em>Washington Examiner<\/em>. &ldquo;I think probably most Israelis understand that and fear that [and], at this point now, would not like [the] resumption of hostilities but would rather have an end to the ambitious talk of the president and the return of the hostages.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Regional instability increases the risk of the United States being &ldquo;dragged into a region that it did not want to get dragged into for geostrategic reasons and because of priorities elsewhere,&rdquo; according to Hall.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;It also ultimately would likely incentivize further <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/immigration\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">migration<\/a>, which as far as I know, was President Trump, his base, and his allies&rsquo; vision to stop,&rdquo; she said.<\/p>\n<p>Reporters were permitted into the room before the start of the Trump-Abdullah meeting and asked the king for his response to Trump&rsquo;s new policy for Gaza.<\/p>\n<p>Abdullah declined to comment until Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi&rsquo;s emergency summit for Arab leaders concerning Gaza on Feb. 27, though he did underscore that his preference was for an approach &ldquo;that is best for everybody.&rdquo; El-Sisi is expected at the White House next Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>Instead, Abdullah announced that Jordan will welcome 2,000 sick Palestinian children into the kingdom for treatment as he tries to discourage Trump from canceling <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/foreign-aid\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">U.S. foreign aid<\/a>. Under Biden, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/state-department\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">State Department<\/a> signed a new deal in 2022 to give Jordan $1.45 billion per year through 2029.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;We contribute a lot of money to Jordan and to Egypt,&rdquo; Trump said. &ldquo;But I don&rsquo;t have to threaten that, I don&rsquo;t think. I think we&rsquo;re above that.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>But in a later statement written in Arabic, Abdullah wrote that he &ldquo;reaffirmed Jordan&rsquo;s firm stance against the displacement of Palestinians in Gaza and the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/west-bank\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">West Bank&rdquo;<\/a> and for a two-state solution to Trump.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;This is the unified Arab position,&rdquo; he said. &ldquo;Everyone&rsquo;s priority should be the reconstruction of Gaza without displacing its people and addressing the difficult humanitarian situation in the Strip.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Trump himself downplayed the likelihood of Hamas releasing all of its hostages by Saturday despite expressing hope for &ldquo;peace in the Middle East&rdquo; and confidence that &ldquo;something could be worked out with Egypt.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I think they want time because I think the people that they have living are in such bad shape,&rdquo; he said.<\/p>\n<p>Abdullah was greeted at the White House on Tuesday by an honor guard before he and Crown Prince Hussein bin Abdullah had a bilateral meeting and lunch with Trump, Secretary of State <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/marco-rubio\/\">Marco Rubio<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/nsc\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">national security adviser<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/mike-waltz\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Mike&nbsp;Waltz<\/a>. The royals were in the West Wing for only two hours before leaving as snow started falling on Washington, D.C.<\/p>\n<p>The Jordanian king&rsquo;s meeting is one of many sit-downs Trump has had with foreign leaders since becoming president again a month ago as he undoes Biden&rsquo;s foreign policy at home and abroad, including through foreign aid and the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/usaid\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">U.S. Agency for International Development<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Unlike Trump&rsquo;s last two foreign working visits, his meeting with Abdullah did not feature a full press conference. <\/p>\n<p>Trump and Netanyahu last week announced from the White House East Room the president&rsquo;s plan to &ldquo;own&rdquo; Gaza and develop it into the &ldquo;Riviera of the Middle East.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Two days later, this time standing beside <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/japan\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Japanese<\/a> Prime Minister Ishiba Shigeru in the same room, Trump said he would personally mediate a Japanese investment in U.S. Steel, the Pennsylvania-based steel producer Nippon Steel unsuccessfully sought to purchase under Biden.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>For Peter Loge, director of the Project on Ethics in Political Communication and a professor at George Washington University, Trump&rsquo;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/jake-sullivan-says-biden-foreign-policy-promotes-u-s-values-and-interests\/\" title=\"Jake Sullivan says ... ... promotes U.S values and interests\">foreign policy strategy<\/a>, at least related to foreign leaders, is gaining him negotiating leverage.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;All presidents use the White House and the pomp of state events to <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">persuade foreign leaders<\/a>, and foreign leaders always try to meet with the U.S. president to show their support,&rdquo; Loge told the <em>Washington Examiner<\/em>. &ldquo;Trump appears to be more eager to receive shallow flattery than his predecessors, and he has a history of being nice to people who say nice things about him. &hellip; In many ways, this is a continuation of the first administration in which there was much more flash than bang.&rdquo;<\/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_1991452\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1991452\"}});<\/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>Trump softens stance with Jordan while being tough on Hamas<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2887,"featured_media":2401574,"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\/trump-jordan-scaled-1024x683.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[3817,13022,4356,3634],"class_list":["post-2401573","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-diplomacy","tag-hamas","tag-jordan","tag-trump"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/trump-jordan-scaled-1024x683.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2401573","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\/2887"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2401573"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2401573\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2401577,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2401573\/revisions\/2401577"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2401574"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2401573"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2401573"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2401573"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}