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Although the president had been talking about the idea for weeks, there had been no meetings on the subject, and senior members of his government were taken by surprise.
By Jonathan Swan and Maggie Haberman
When President Trump announced his proposal for the United States to take ownership of Gaza on Tuesday, he shocked even senior members of his own White House and government.
Although his announcement is formal and considered, he read the plan on a sheet of paper, his management had not even made the maximum fundamental manufacturing plans to read about the viability of the idea, according to 4 on the date of discussions to whom It allowed them to speak publicly.
It wasn’t just Americans who rushed; The announcement came here as a great wonder for Israeli visitors to Mr. Trump. Shortly before leaving for his joint press convention on Tuesday, Mr. Trump Wonderd, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel, telling him that he planned to announce the concept of owning Gaza. , according to two other people reported on their interactions.
Within the United States government, there had been no assembly with the State Department or the Pentagon, as would happen for a serious foreign policy proposal, and less one of this magnitude. There had been no career groups. The Ministry of Defense had not produced an estimate of the number of troops required, or collect estimates, or even a review of how it can work.
There is little beyond an internal concept of the president’s head.
Unlike major foreign policy announcements with past presidents, including Mr. Trump, the notion of the United States controlling Gaza had never been part of a public discussion before Tuesday.
But privately, Trump had been talking about the assets of the American enclave for weeks. And his idea had accelerated, two management officials, after his envoy from the Middle East, Steve Witkoff, returned from Gaza last week and described the terrible conditions.
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