"Trump Does Not See Palestinians as Human Beings": Plan for U.S. to "Take Over" Gaza Faces Outcry

[Uncle Joe]

World leaders are rebuking Donald Trump's proposal for the United States to take over the Gaza Strip, ethnically cleansing the region of Palestinians. "There's no question that even though the entire region would reject it … the fundamental reality is that we are heading to the complete destruction of Palestinian society in Gaza as a matter of status quo," says our guest Omar Baddar. Baddar, a Palestinian American political analyst and member of the National Policy Council of the Arab American Institute, also discusses Trump's recent statements signaling a potential breakdown of the official ceasefire in Gaza.

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[multigraincracker]

1. What about those Christian Palestinians?

I knew a few in Dearborn.

[Uncle Joe]

2. I believe that If someone can bring themselves to look at an entire race of people as sub-human,

then nobody is truly exempt regardless of religion, race, nationality, or any thing else.

[multigraincracker]

3. Truth be told. There is only one race, the human race.

Also, survival depends on maintaining a large variety of genes because the environment is always changing. Purebreds are the results of years of inbreeding and the most vulnerable to illnesses.
Good luck all you White Supremes, nice knowing ya.

[LetMyPeopleVote]

4. MaddowBlog-New details make Trump's radical Gaza plan look worse, not better

After having learned nothing after his first failed term, the president still appears wholly incapable of avoiding shambolic chaos of his own making.
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After having learned nothing after his first failed term, Trump still appears wholly incapable of avoiding shambolic chaos of his own making.

Take his Gaza "plan," for example.

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https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/maddowblog/new-details-make-trumps-radical-gaza-plan-look-worse-not-better-rcna190962

Following a series of foreign policy blunders in 2019, Anne Applebaum wrote a piece for The Washington Post with a memorable summary of how Donald Trump approaches international challenges. “There is no plan; there is only whim and instinct,” she explained. “There is no international orientation either, just a series of hasty unplanned, unexamined decisions, followed by Twitter tantrums.”

Nearly six years later, the assessment continues to ring true. Take the president’s plan — I’m using the word loosely — to acquire the Gaza Strip......

As for how, exactly, the president arrived at this idea, The New York Times reported that Trump “shocked even senior members of his own White House” on Tuesday afternoon:

[P]rivately, Mr. Trump had been talking about U.S. ownership of the enclave for weeks. And his thinking had accelerated, according to two administration officials, after his Middle East envoy, Steve Witkoff, returned from Gaza last week and described the horrific conditions there.

While his announcement looked formal and thought-out — he read the plan from a sheet of paper — his administration had not done even the most basic planning to examine the feasibility of the idea, according to four people with knowledge of the discussions, who were not authorized to speak publicly.

In a normal, functioning U.S. administration, such a monumental decision would go through months of intense scrutiny, led by experienced national security and diplomatic officials. There would be working groups. And negotiations. And detailed analyses on costs and consequences......

The day after the rollout of the plan, administration officials couldn’t answer the questions because there were no such answers. All they had were some poorly thought-out rhetoric that their boss blurted out, to the consternation of much of the planet.

After a day of confusion at the White House, Trump apparently thought he could help clear things up with a 107-word missive published to his social media platform. In it, the Republican said Gaza “would be turned over to the United States,” and Palestinians would be “resettled” in some other countries that he didn’t identify.

He went on to say that Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, who is Jewish, is a Palestinian — a label Trump has long used as a slur — before concluding that Trump doesn’t believe U.S. troops will be needed as part of this endeavor because ... well, he never actually got around to saying why not.

All of which is to say, Trump created an avoidable international incident on Tuesday, only to make matters worse soon after.

[LetMyPeopleVote]

5. "We're going to take it, we're going to hold it," the president told reporters, in reference to Gaza, failing to explain

“We’re going to take it, we’re going to hold it,” the president told reporters, in reference to Gaza, failing to explain how this is supposed to happen.
https://bsky.app/profile/turquoise-cat.bsky.social/post/3lhytrmuork23

‘We’re going to take it’: Trump’s Gaza plan goes in an indefensible direction

“We’re going to take it, we’re going to hold it,” the president told reporters, in reference to Gaza, failing to explain how this is supposed to happen.

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https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/maddowblog/re-going-take-trumps-gaza-plan-goes-indefensible-direction-rcna191855

It’s been about a week since Donald Trump surprised much of the world by announcing that he wants the United States to take a “long-term ownership position” over Gaza. As the president described it, Americans would both “take over” and “own” the area, and when asked about the possibility of deploying U.S. military forces to Gaza, the Republican added, “We’ll do what is necessary.”.....

“We’re going to take it, we’re going to hold it,” the president told reporters, in reference to Gaza, failing to explain how, exactly, this is supposed to happen.

As for the cost, Trump apparently wasn’t concerned, declaring, “There’s nothing to buy.”
https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:iu4j537hox5huj4bwnwgub4z/post/3lhwbfzlbtb2j

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For good measure, the Republican added that “nobody is going to question” U.S. ownership of Gaza because ... well, he never quite got around to explaining why.

Just as importantly, as experts in international law continue to explain that his plan is illegal, Trump was asked how the United States could legally claim Palestinian territory as its own. The president cited “U.S. authority.”
https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:iu4j537hox5huj4bwnwgub4z/post/3lhwbhc534u27

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It’s a colonizing perspective rooted in the idea that if the United States wants foreign territory, it should take the foreign territory because the United States wants it.

To reiterate a point from last week, if you voted for Trump because you expected foreign policy restraint, I have some awful news for you.

[LetMyPeopleVote]

6. "We're going to take it, we're going to hold it," the president told reporters, in reference to Gaza, failing to explain

“We’re going to take it, we’re going to hold it,” the president told reporters, in reference to Gaza, failing to explain how this is supposed to happen.
https://bsky.app/profile/turquoise-cat.bsky.social/post/3lhytrmuork23

‘We’re going to take it’: Trump’s Gaza plan goes in an indefensible direction

“We’re going to take it, we’re going to hold it,” the president told reporters, in reference to Gaza, failing to explain how this is supposed to happen.

Link to tweet

https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/maddowblog/re-going-take-trumps-gaza-plan-goes-indefensible-direction-rcna191855

It’s been about a week since Donald Trump surprised much of the world by announcing that he wants the United States to take a “long-term ownership position” over Gaza. As the president described it, Americans would both “take over” and “own” the area, and when asked about the possibility of deploying U.S. military forces to Gaza, the Republican added, “We’ll do what is necessary.”.....

“We’re going to take it, we’re going to hold it,” the president told reporters, in reference to Gaza, failing to explain how, exactly, this is supposed to happen.

As for the cost, Trump apparently wasn’t concerned, declaring, “There’s nothing to buy.”
https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:iu4j537hox5huj4bwnwgub4z/post/3lhwbfzlbtb2j

Link to tweet

For good measure, the Republican added that “nobody is going to question” U.S. ownership of Gaza because ... well, he never quite got around to explaining why.

Just as importantly, as experts in international law continue to explain that his plan is illegal, Trump was asked how the United States could legally claim Palestinian territory as its own. The president cited “U.S. authority.”
https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:iu4j537hox5huj4bwnwgub4z/post/3lhwbhc534u27

Link to tweet

It’s a colonizing perspective rooted in the idea that if the United States wants foreign territory, it should take the foreign territory because the United States wants it.

To reiterate a point from last week, if you voted for Trump because you expected foreign policy restraint, I have some awful news for you.