Trump Announces HE will Own Gaza!
Trump just committed a Freudian imperial slip and announced, as he described how the US will kick all the Palestinians out of Gaza, that Gaza will, then be owned by HIM as a future real-estate development. Yes, HE will own it.
He added that this scenario will be cheap to bring about. Well, I guess so, since he’s just taking it without paying for it, though the high human cost of taking it might be paid for by the US military with US blood and treasure while the Arabs, of course, will build the walls for all the new homes that keep the Palestinians out, and the Arabs, we are told, will pay for that, too, just like Mexico paid for the wall. And it will be easy.
Here is the full rundown, starting with a Palestinian take of the situation and ending with Trump’s personal claim on Gaza:
“Gaza, in Trump’s eyes, is a resort overlooking the Mediterranean Sea, with large gas reserves just a few kilometers away,” Mohammed al-Saidi, 32, told TNA with a sarcastic smile as he worked to remove the rubble from his destroyed home. “Trump wants to clean Gaza, meaning to wipe out its population and build his own real estate empire.”
Al-Saidi downplayed the seriousness of Trump’s statements, saying, “It is ridiculous to give these stupid statements all this attention….”
While Doha is preparing to oversee a second phase of the ceasefire talks between Hamas and Israel, Trump’s statements represent a detonator for this agreement, as Talal Okal, a writer for the local Al-Ayyam newspaper, said in an interview with TNA.
Awkal added that Trump himself "stated two days ago that there were no 'guarantees' for the continuation of the ceasefire agreement. He knew very well the bomb he was about to drop and the potential shockwave of his proposals…."
Awkal said that Trump's statements regarding the Gaza Strip once again reveal the nature of his talkative and controversial personality, which has always exceeded the usual diplomatic boundaries in American politics.”
He added: "Trump, who thinks he can impose a new reality in Gaza, does not realize that implementing his plan requires more than just fiery statements or incitement to displace the Palestinians. The Palestinian people, who have stood firm in the face of the occupation for decades, will not submit to such ideas, and Trump will not be able to achieve his vision unless he resorts to using the nuclear bomb to end the Palestinian presence in the Strip."
It gets better as we come to Czar Trump’s telling response:
President Donald Trump says a precarious ceasefire agreement between Israel and Hamas should be canceled if Hamas doesn’t release all the remaining hostages it is holding in Gaza by midday on Saturday.
In comments to reporters as he signed a series of executive orders, Trump said it was ultimately up to Israel. But he warned that “all hell is going to break out” if the remaining hostages aren’t released, and added that he feared many were dead….
President Donald Trump said Palestinians in Gaza would not have a right to return under his plan for U.S. “ownership” of the war-torn territory, contradicting other officials in his administration who have sought to argue Trump was only calling for the temporary relocation of its population….
Oh sure, that part said US ownership. He had not laid out the rest of the story yet:
Less than a week after he floated his plan for the U.S. to take control of Gaza and turn it into “the Riviera of the Middle East,” Trump, in an interview with FOX News’ Bret Baier that was set to air Monday, said “No, they wouldn’t” when asked if Palestinians in Gaza would have a right to return to the territory….
We’ll build safe communities, a little bit away from where they are, where all of this danger is,” Trump said. “In the meantime, I WOULD OWN THIS. Think of it as a real estate development for the future. It would be a beautiful piece of land. No big money spent.”
So he ultimately sees a US Gaza takeover as way of building HIS empire like a true emperor. Best of all, no big money will be spent out of his pocket (so it will be a brilliant deal) because all costs will be born by the US and by the surrounding Arab nations, using US intimidation to press down on them to do the Don’s deal.
“I would own this!”
Presumably, since Trump originally told the world the US would own Gaza, Trump will, after the US does all the heavy lifting to occupy it and annex it, extend a 99-year lease (heck, just make it a forever lease) for a buck a year to himself as the executive administrator of the US to become the developer of the next Riviera. He will own the development, and the land will belong to the US, and he will sublease parts of it out to other developers for the wealth of a small national mint. That way the US can be responsible for building the infrastructure and for military protection of the land if necessary.
I’m pretty sure Trump’s acquisition of ownership of Gaza goes far outside the emoluments clause.
Some will argue this was just one more case of Trump’s usual meaningless press baiting?
I don’t know. Why give him that? Obviously, no one can ever take him at his word because he often is just baiting the press. To the point: he promised two entire nations—Canada and Mexico—in a trade agreement he put together and signed during his first term that no party of the treaty would impose tariffs until, a least, 2026. But he already already broke that deal by imposing tariffs in the first three weeks of his second term—even if only for a day with a hold to see how much more he can wrestle out of those two nations by imposing the tariffs his own agreement promised not to impose.
So, this is not a man you can take at his word about anything once he sees a new opportunity, even if it is in writing. The last trade agreement wasn’t worth the paper it was written on or the spit in his mouth when he first announced it because Trump was first to unilaterally and brazenly break it last week. So, why give him the benefit of the doubt on his present claim of future Gaza ownership.
He’s told us Gaza WILL BE HIS. He also said as Candidate Trump that he would be happy to be czar for a day, but he has ruled with the absolute authority of a czar by executive dictates for three weeks so far. He’s getting a lot more done than anyone else ever has, I’ll give him that; but that is how the power of dictatorship works. No messy democracy to get in your way. Just rule by decree. And now Czar Trump says he will use the muscle of the US to push Arab nations to adopt the Palestinians into their own homelands and to build homes for them, and then HE will own Gaza.
I think I’ll just hold him to his word at face value (why not?) now that he has stated he fully intends to own Gaza himself, and make it the magnum opus of his developments. (Why let him walk it back when the world clubs him over the head for this statement?) I’m sure he envisions a strip of prime Mediterranean oceanfront that will look something like Dubai when he is done with his imperial masterpiece.
(And to think, only a week ago, I was writing comedy about this. Now it’s a news announcement straight from the horse’s … well, opposite end from his mouth.)
Here’s the Fox video:
(Headlines for this past weekend’s Deeper Dive appear in boldface at the top of the “Economania” section. The rest of the headlines in boldface relate to today’s editoral.)
Economania (national & global economic collapse plus market news)
U.S. economy added just 143,000 jobs in January but unemployment rate fell to 4%
Layoffs hit contractors, small businesses as Trump cuts take effect
Jobs: Don’t be confused by the 2M jump in the Household Survey
Treasury yields rise after consumer inflation sentiment darkens, January wages surge
Dow closed down 400 points Friday on tariff and inflation fears
McDonald’s revenue disappoints, as U.S. sales see worst drop since pandemic
Peter Schiff: Trump Bites the Hand that Feeds Us
Tariffs Won’t Bring Back American Prosperity
Real-Estate Rubble (housing, commercial & global real-estate bubble trouble)
Homeowners — particularly first-time buyers — are worryingly late on their mortgage payments
Money Matters (monetary policy, metals, cryptos, currency wars & CBDCs)
Is Someone Attacking the Comex? January Sees $5.2B in Gold Deliveries
The world’s second-largest gold storage suddenly has very long lines to withdraw bars
Nomi Prins Says Gold Price Is Set to Surge Another $2,000+
London’s Gold Shortage: A Symptom of Global Economic Anxiety
Gold Outlook: Murky For the Metal, Bright For the Miners
Dollar, Gold Rise After Trump’s Latest Trade Salvo: Markets Wrap
CASHLESS: Taco Bell parent company wants 100% digital sales
Trump takes aim at ‘wasteful’ government spending by ordering end to penny production
What the end of the penny means for the economy, your piggy bank, and the way America prices items
Inflation Factors (due to too much money chasing too few goods)
China imposes retaliatory tariffs; $14 billion worth of American goods
Brazil plans levies on US tech firms after Trump steel tariffs, report says
White House says Biden admin's killing of over 100M chickens contributed to skyrocketing egg prices
Wars & Rumors of War, Revolts, Hacks & Cyberattacks (+ AI threats)
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NATO Troops To Defend Greenland? Report Says Europe Mulls Options To Deter Trump
Decades-Long Chinese Influence In Panama Begins To Unravel
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Hamas cancels all hostage releases until further notice
Trump says no right of return for Palestinians in Gaza under his plan
Gazans say only way for Trump to get them out is a nuclear bomb
Saudi Arabia slams Netanyahu’s suggestion it should host Palestinian state
Political Pandemonium & Social Senescence (socio-political issues & events)
DOGE deputy to oversee powerful Treasury system as Musk demands cuts
Secrecy is becoming a defining trait of Elon Musk's DOGE
Catholic Relief Services lays off staff, cuts programs after USAID shakeup
Trump DOJ Hits Illinois, Chicago with Lawsuit Over Sanctuary Laws
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Ordered to Cease Activity
A tidal wave of resistance is coming for Elon Musk
Musk associates granted access to confidential info about X's competitors
Trump’s trade betrayal: Doesn’t live up to his own agreements
Trump and Musk are unraveling the deep state’s secrets at record speed, and the left is panicking
Did Trump Quietly Kill a Sensitive Pentagon Probe Into Elon Musk?
Air traffic controller shortages are nationwide problem
Trump Muses About a Third Term, Over and Over Again
Trump says he is serious about Canada becoming 51st state in Super Bowl interview
Evangelical Christian Zionist slams Tucker Carlson's 'Jew-hatred' at White House
Globalism & Deep Domination (undemocratic government & censorship)
Musk calls to impeach judge whose order blocks DOGE from Treasury systems access
Journalist Reveals USAID & CIA Connections to Trump’s 2019 Impeachment
Soros-backed Organizations Received Hundreds of Millions of Dollars from USAID
Rep. Nancy Mace Listing Some Of The Dumbest USAID Grants
A Pox Upon Us (the plagues, pandemics & health police of the 2020s)
Bill Gates Is A Clear And Present Danger
Calamity, Catastrophe & Climate Craziness
NASA to study 'city-killer' asteroid as odds of hitting Earth go up
Off-the-Beat News & Just Plain Offbeat News
Microplastics Found in Brain Weigh as Much as a Plastic Spoon
OpenAI CEO: Costs To Run Each Level Of AI Falls 90% Every Year
I’m just glad Trump kept his promise to end the Ukraine war on Day 1. So now, on Day 23, we’ve had more than three weeks of total World Peace.
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