Progressive Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-Mich.) spurned President Trump’s latest suggestion that the U.S. take over the war-ravaged Gaza Strip, calling the thought “fanatical bulls‑‑‑.”
Tlaib, the one Palestinian American serving in Congress, additionally pressed her colleagues to talk up for a two-state resolution within the area.
“Palestinians aren’t going anywhere,” Tlaib wrote late Tuesday in a submit on the social platform X. “This president can solely spew this fanatical bulls‑‑‑ due to bipartisan assist in Congress for funding genocide and ethnic cleaning. It is time for my two-state resolution colleagues to talk up.”
Throughout a joint press convention with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who was visiting Washington, Trump on Tuesday expressed the thought of the U.S. buying Gaza, clearing it of unexploded bombs and being concerned within the area’s “financial improvement.”
The president stated he may see Palestinians residing there however appeared to characterize the Strip as a world vacation spot the place “the world’s people” will be capable to attain the Mediterranean shoreline.
“I think you’ll make that into an international, unbelievable place. … I don’t want to be cute, I don’t want to be a wise guy, but the Riviera of the Middle East. … This could be so magnificent,” he stated Tuesday.
He additionally prompt openness to visiting the area.
When he was requested about sending U.S. troops to Gaza, he informed reporters the navy would “do what is necessary.”
“If it’s necessary, we’ll do that,” he stated.
In one other submit, Tlaib accused Trump of “openly calling for ethnic cleansing” of Palestinians.
“This president is openly calling for ethnic cleansing while sitting next to a genocidal war criminal. He’s perfectly fine cutting off working Americans from federal funds while the funding to the Israeli government continues flowing,” Tlaib wrote.
She additionally reacted to a clip of Trump being requested what number of Palestinians would want to go away the Gaza Strip.
“All of them. Probably a million seven, maybe a million eight. But I think all of them. I think they will be resettled in areas where they can live a beautiful life and not be worried about dying every day,” Trump stated in response to the query, suggesting different international locations may assist to completely resettle the inhabitants.
U.S. allies and adversaries alike additionally reacted to Trump’s Gaza proposal with disdain.
Tlaib, who declined to endorse former Vice President Kamala Harris throughout her unsuccessful 2024 White Home bid towards Trump, has been one of the vocal critics of the warfare between Israel and Palestinian militant group Hamas. The 2 sides are at the moment below a fragile ceasefire after greater than 15 months of preventing.
