US president says he wants people to move to neighbouring nations, after resuming shipments of 2,000lb bombs to Israel

Donald Trump has suggested large numbers of Palestinians should leave Gaza to “just clean out” the whole strip, after ordering the US military to restart shipments of 2,000lb bombs to Israel.

The US president said he wanted Gaza residents to move to neighbouring nations, and that they could be displaced “temporarily or could be long-term”, after a phone call with Jordan’s King Abdullah on Saturday.

“I said to him: I’d love you to take on more because I’m looking at the whole Gaza Strip right now and it’s a mess, it’s a real mess. I’d like him to take people,” Trump said, when asked about the call.

He also suggested Egypt as a destination for Gaza residents, and said he would raise the issue with President Abdel Fatah al-Sisi on Sunday.

    • Queen HawlSera@lemm.eeEnglish
      71·
      2 days ago

      That’s a false equivalence.

      John Doe’s actions have no connection to his brothers.

      Here, either Trump or Harris was going to be the President. There was no action I could take that would have allowed a third party to enter that equation.

      Even if me and the rest of America voted for Jill Stein, the Electoral College would still give the votes to Trump or Kamala.

      If I were in a position where I could snap my fingers and bar Trump and Harris from entering politics again, then Bernie Sanders would be in the White House, Nethanyu would be awaiting his court date, and Israel would be paying reperations to Palestine.

      But, I’m not Thanos and the only gauntlet I have is an old Power Glove in a box somewhere next to a broken PSP and a physical copy of Super Metroid.

    • Vytle@lemmy.worldEnglish
      71·
      2 days ago

      Damn that’s crazy. What do you want bro to do about it? You want 'em to overthrow the american government?

      If you had to pick between John Doe with a knife, Jim Doe with 2000lbs of explosives, or to have no say in the matter, which would you pick?

      I really don’t understand why I need to explain this to you, but if there are only two options, the less bad one is the better option.

      • Queen HawlSera@lemm.eeEnglish
        42·
        1 day ago

        Right? It’s like the

        “Oh well if you stop mass murderers from having guns, aren’t they just gonna use knives instead”

        To that I say “Unless you’re Simon Belmont slaughtering waves of Dracula’s minions, I don’t think you’re gonna get anywhere near as high of a body count throwing knives at people.”