(02-06-2025, 09:57 AM)mikesez Wrote: You guys always say "TDS." Three magic letters that mean you no longer have to respond to or even consider opposing arguments.

Trump definitely wasn't joking about Gaza, guys.  He might have been exaggerating, as a negotiation tactic, but he was serious.  TDoss is exasperated, but not by Trump this time.  He's exasperated by Jag149 claiming that Trump was joking.

LOL, yes I am. But don't be a pigeon...look at the purpose of the interview. 

Trump was letting the all the Arab nations know that no matter what there is NO way Israel backed by the US will return Gaza to what it was before the Hamas attack. They can ask, beg whatever but it will not happen. There is no daylight between the US and Israel. Returning to the status quo will not happen. Hamas will not be allowed to govern Gaza. That is madness.

He also let slip the US is not interested in funding the rebuilding of Gaza without a return on investment. He then began throwing out ideas one of which was the Arab nations building areas to house the Palestinians. Problem there history has shown us those guys do not want those guys in their countries either. You guys really think he is interested in the US owning an elite greasy spoon area in the middle east?  That's what you took from that conversation? ROTFL !!

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