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.

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    17 hours ago

    Genocide is the worst situation

    Very obviously a false dichotomy.

    Do you think Palestinians wanted Trump to win?

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      17 hours ago

      They want peace. Harris made no move to say she would stop the genocide.

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          14 hours ago

          You talked about what they wanted. They do not care who the president of the United States is. They care about peace.

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            12 hours ago

            “Peace” isn’t really an objective given that you’d have Peace the day after you ground palestinians into the dust.

            Netanyahu certainly cares who the president of the United States is, who do you think he wants to be president?

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          13 hours ago

          By you, yes. Palestinians knew they didn’t want Harris to win. Guess next time you’ll support their candidate, Jill Stein, if you actually care about what they want.

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            12 hours ago

            they didn’t want Harris to win.

            Oh, silly me. So they wanted Trump to win?

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              12 hours ago

              No, Kamala & the establishment left wanted Trump to win. Palestinians wanted Jill Stein, an actual progressive that fought for them.