Trump Calls for Relocating Palestinians From Gaza and U.S. Owning the Area

President Trump has developed a reputation for zigging when everybody else says it’s time to zag. But when it comes to the plan he just outlined for Gaza, it’s more like one side is zigging, another is zagging, and he just busted into the White House East Room and shouted “hippopotamus!”

It’s hard to think of any other way to convey the sense in which Trump has upended decades of discussions about the Arab–Israeli conflict.

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Philip Klein

Philip Klein is the editor of National Review Online.

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President Trump has developed a reputation for zigging when everybody else says it’s time to zag. But when it comes to the plan he just outlined for Gaza, it’s more like one side is zigging, another is zagging, and he just busted into the White House East Room and shouted “hippopotamus!”

It’s hard to think of any other way to convey the sense in which Trump has upended decades of discussions about the Arab–Israeli conflict.