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He again said that Palestinians would be "resettled in far safer and more beautiful communities, with new and modern homes, in the region." Trump did not specify exactly where they'd be resettled, as Egypt and Jordan have said they remain opposed to taking Palestinians.

Trump added that they are working "with great development teams from all over the World" for reconstruction plans.

Yeah, maybe we need an age limit to the president. Or cognitive exam results.

TheCatt wrote: ↑Thu Feb 06, 2025 8:20 am Yeah, maybe we need an age limit to the president. Or cognitive exam results.

Yes to both.

Theoretically, sure, sounds great. Build them brand new communities, whip some democracy on them, give them all the same rights as the people in Iowa.

But the problem is these are Palestinians, who are historically so shitty that their neighbors build walls to keep them out. They ripped up their own infrastructure (That Israel built for them) to build missiles.

https://www.memri.org/tv/jazeera-docume ... -munitions

So we'd give them communities, and they'd do the equivalent of pulling copper out of the walls in order to buy more crack*.

* - religious zealotry and racial hatred of jews.

Trump's mistake is thinking they can be civilized. I don't think they can be.

I was googling for more sources, but they are 100% "Israel bad, Gaza/Hamas 100% victims." Here's a Quora conversation about it, but it's light on sources.

https://www.quora.com/When-Israel-pulle ... d-spent-it

"We're going to take away USAID's $40 billion budget to focus on America!"

"We're going to spend hundreds of billions to make Gaza a resort!"

I'm like 99% sure the intention would be "and make them pay for it."

GORDON wrote: ↑Thu Feb 06, 2025 10:10 am I'm like 99% sure the intention would be "and make them pay for it."

Ohhhhh, right. Them who have nothing and were living in a shit hole BEFORE the war.

Yup. I didn't say it would work.

I figured he'd hit up those Muslim neighbors, so we kept.looking the other way about their anti-palestinian border walls.

It is curious how their filthy rich oil baron neighbors always refuse to give them aid or shelter. They only ever use them as pawns against Israel.

Weird how nobody wants the U.S. involved, except to cut checks.

BTW, I have heard the conspiracy theory that the whole Israel attack on Gaza was so they could kick out the Palestinians and build resorts. (Doesn't really explain Oct 8th, but such details are unimportant.) This was about a week ago, so Trump's stuff made me laugh. Had there been a meme, I would have said, "He's doing the meme" or whatever the kids say.

Egypt is Gazas only neighbor except Israel, and is not rich. The West Bank borders Jordan, also t rich. Syria and Lebanon are nearby and not rich. Saudi Arabia is the nearest oil country.
Per capital gdp around $30k.

Don't they know that allowing in immigrants is the key to prosperity?

TheCatt wrote: ↑Thu Feb 06, 2025 12:47 pm Egypt is Gazas only neighbor except Israel, and is not rich. The West Bank borders Jordan, also t rich. Syria and Lebanon are nearby and not rich. Saudi Arabia is the nearest oil country.
Per capital gdp around $30k.

Multiple times in the past few decades, the world has asked who would be happy to house Palestinian refugees. No other Middle Eastern country seems to ever step up.

SA is rich enough that it has billions to throw at a new golf league, almost bought WWE, and multiple other sporting projects, and that's just their sports authority. They're also building "The Line", creating new islands in the shape of the world, and yada yada yada.

GORDON wrote: ↑Thu Feb 06, 2025 12:48 pm Don't they know that allowing in immigrants is the key to prosperity?

Zing!

Have fun picking your own fruits and vegetables, Egypt!

Leisher wrote: ↑Thu Feb 06, 2025 3:29 pm Multiple times in the past few decades, the world has asked who would be happy to house Palestinian refugees. No other Middle Eastern country seems to ever step up.

They do not want the Palestinians. They want a Palestinian state. For the record, they are already housing a decent # of refugees from Palestine.

TheCatt wrote: ↑Thu Feb 06, 2025 3:59 pm They do not want the Palestinians. They want a Palestinian state.

Depends who you ask. I know a Muslim from the Middle East and he says they are not respected at all. Nobody likes them. But they are a means to an end, which is a tool to throw against Israel.

One person's opinion, so take it for what it's worth.

Leisher wrote: ↑Thu Feb 06, 2025 4:48 pm

TheCatt wrote: ↑Thu Feb 06, 2025 3:59 pm They do not want the Palestinians. They want a Palestinian state.

Depends who you ask. I know a Muslim from the Middle East and he says they are not respected at all. Nobody likes them. But they are a means to an end, which is a tool to throw against Israel.

One person's opinion, so take it for what it's worth.

I'm just repeating the official line of the neighboring countries' governments.

TheCatt wrote: ↑Thu Feb 06, 2025 4:55 pm I'm just repeating the official line of the neighboring countries' governments.

So, grain of salt there too.

One of the Doge staffers was pretty racist.

A staffer for Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency whose access to U.S. Treasury payment systems was approved by a federal judge on Thursday has links to a deleted social-media account that advocated for racism and eugenics.

The 25-year-old employee, Marko Elez, resigned Thursday after The Wall Street Journal asked the White House about his connection to the account.

The deleted profile associated with Elez, who was embedded in the Treasury Department to carry out efficiency measures, advocated repealing the Civil Rights Act and backed a “eugenic immigration policy” in the weeks before President Trump was inaugurated.

“You could not pay me to marry outside of my ethnicity,” the account wrote on X in September, according to a Wall Street Journal review of archived posts. “Normalize Indian hate,” the account wrote the same month, in reference to a post noting the prevalence of people from India in Silicon Valley.
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“Just for the record, I was racist before it was cool,” @nullllptr posted in July.

In June, the user weighed in on the conflict in the Middle East, offering some sympathy for Israel but also posting, “I would not mind at all if Gaza and Israel were both wiped off the face of the Earth.”

Pretty bad even for a member of this administration.

You guys are playing in the same ballpark with the "we need to keep the thin, fit latina immigrants!"

GORDON wrote: ↑Thu Feb 06, 2025 11:34 pm You guys are playing in the same ballpark with the "we need to keep the thin, fit latina immigrants!"

NO! All the thin, fit, female immigrants!

Also, we're doing our discrimination for good, not evil.

TheCatt wrote: ↑Fri Feb 07, 2025 6:58 am Also, we're doing our discrimination for good, not evil.

Exactly. There's a difference.

Do you want a country filled with lards asses or smoking hot women?