The president met with the Israeli prime minister at the White House, meeting in person with another world leader for the first time since returning to power.

Trump and top national security aides had spoken earlier in the day about their belief that Gaza was uninhabitable and about a proposal to relocate nearly 2 million Palestinians t

The U.S. will take over the Gaza Strip, and we will do a job with it, too,” Trump said at a joint news conference in Washington with the Israeli leader by his side. In some respects, the Gaza proposal was in line with Trump’s embrace of startling territorial ambitions,

President Donald Trump, speaking at a White House news conference Tuesday with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, announced that the U.S. would seek ownership of the war-torn Gaza Strip after saying Palestinians have no choice but to leave their homes there.