Once a critic of nation building, the president now envisions taking over a Middle East enclave, driving out its Palestinian population and transforming it into “the Riviera of the Middle East.”

President Donald Trump said the United States would take over the Gaza Strip after Palestinians are resettled elsewhere. Here are some global reactions to the announcement. SENIOR HAMAS OFFICIAL SAMI ABU ZUHRI "Our people in the Gaza Strip will not allow these plans to pass,

But neither they nor anyone else could have predicted President Donald Trump’s astonishing plan to end their misery: the eviction of the entire Palestinian population and a full American takeover to redevelop Gaza into the “Riviera of the Middle East”.