White House insists Donald Trump has ‘not committed’ to sending US troops to Gaza
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The White House has tried to notice that the fear of long-term military intervention in Gaza, insisting that the Donald Trump’s program to assume the subsidy of the subdivision means “shoes on the ground.”
Spokesman Caroline Levit said that before the President “made historical proposals for the United States to take over Gaza“He” didn’t make “the US troops” to send “just”.
“It is clear to the president that the United States must be involved in the efforts of this reconstruction,” he said on Wednesday. “It doesn’t mean shoes on the Gaza ground. This does not mean that American taxpayers will finance those efforts. “
LEVITE comments come from one day of Trump’s day caused inflamed In the United States and all over the world, the USA needs “Take control of“From the Palestinian enclave, and that all its entire 2.2 million people must be reset.
Levit clarified that the residents of the enclave were “temporarily moved” when the layer is being rebuilt.
The program has caused a hostile response from many presidential party, with some Republicans say it has deviated from the first “first” agenda of the United States and the long-term criticism of the US intervention.
“I thought we voted for America first,” said the Republican Senator of Kentucky Rand Paul. “We have no business that intends to do another job to condemn our treasure and shed the blood of our soldiers.”
Missouri Republican Senator Josh Harsli responded to his concerns. “I don’t know I think that the best use of US resources to make a bunch of money in Gaza,” he said to Jewish Insmak.
Republican Senator of South Carolina Lindsi Grayy described the project “problematic”. “I think the majority of South Carolines were probably excited to send Americans to Gaza,” he said.
The members of the Trump Cabinet quickly tried to reassure the party and the US community on the proposal without peculiarities how it would work.
Secretary of State Marco Rubio said that the president’s proposal “does not mean as a hostile step” but as a “offer to reconstruct”.
“What he is very generous is the ability of the United States to invade and help with the removal of fragments, helps to remove ammunition, reconstruction, homes and businesses so that people can enter,” he said.
The Minister of Defense Pete Hegchet stated that Trump “is ready to think about the issue of the box”, but it was rejected to provide details if possible military involvement was taken into account.
“We expect to work with our allies, our partners, both diplomatic and military, to look at all options
Meanwhile, the Democrats were accused of supporting the “ethnic cleansings” in the Clavs and accused the president’s needs to be sent to the distant region.
“He simply said that it would be the US policy, which should be violent 2 more Palestinians from the Gaza Strip,” said Maryland’s democratic senator Chris van Hollen. “It’s ethnic cleansing with another name.”
Democratic Congressman Rashida Tlayb said: