Let’s deconstruct Trump’s plan to depopulate, occupy, and redevelop Gaza:
- He wants to remove millions of Palestinians from the area in violation of international law;
- He wants to resettle them in Egypt and Jordan over the strong objections of the governments of those countries;
- He presumably thinks those objections can be overcome with threats of tariffs and aid cutoffs even though the aid is provided to further the security of Israel; and
- Mr. “America First” wants to use American troops and billions of American dollars to remove the rubble and the unexploded munitions, to say nothing of the population, in order to turn Gaza into a new Riviera.
The absurdity of this makes even me gasp. Is the ultimate idea behind this to build a new Trump hotel in Gaza City? Will he justify the scheme by arguing that the vast investment is worth it because he knows how to turn real estate into a big profit? Is America turning into the Trump Organization–now backed by an army and nuclear weapons–right in front of our eyes? It appears so.