Defense Secretary Pete Hegses said President Donald Trump's proposal to “take over” the US to “take over” the Gaza Strip, saying “all options” are on the table.
Hegseth refused to go further Commander What the US does or doesn't do, instead tells Fox News host Laura Ingraham in an interview Wednesday that Trump is a “outdoor thinker” willing to “overturn Apple Cart.” .
Trump created a shockwave on Tuesday. He was when the US told the Gaza Strip that it could be “take over, levelled and rebuilt” at some point in the future. The 47th president told reporters that “long-term ownership” of the enclave. He said he believes it is the “Middle Eastern Riviera.”
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US President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will answer questions at a joint press conference at the East Room in the White House in Washington, D.C. on February 4th. (Reuters/Riamiris)
Hegseth, former co-host of “Fox & Friends Weekend,” said eradicating Hamas is Israel's job, and when that happens, Gaza status is a conversation Trump is willing to have.
“You bring peace by eradicating terrorists who want to destroy Israel. That's how you bring peace and I support it,” he said. “”What happens after that It's a longer conversation and hopefully the President will admit this. That's my preference. ”
Trump told White House reporters that the US “owns” the Gaza Strip and is “responsible for dismantling all dangerous, misfire bombs and other weapons on the scene.” When asked if the US military would do so It will be sent to Gazathe president said, “As far as Gaza is concerned, we do what we need. If we need it, we do it.”
In a war in progress on Palestinian territory between Israel and Hamas, on January 14, 2025, people will check out the debris and tile BLE in a place of Israeli bombing in Jalae Street in Gaza City. . (Omar Al-Qatta/AFP via Getty Images)
Joey Jones, a contributor to Fox News and retired marine bomb technology I lost my leg In the IED explosion in Afghanistan, he said “the person in charge of the non-forming ordinance described Trump's proposal that the US military would be responsible.
“My intuition, my belief is that this is part of his chess. This is what I meant to say in places like Saudi Arabia or Jordan, “No, no, no, I don't have this. I did it.” “Maybe it's easy, but you know, if I don't get up and say “Hey,” I'm a hypocrite. Please wait a moment“I voted for you because you said we wouldn't be involved in the war more,” Jones explained in “The Will Cain Show.”
Hamas, who sparked the war with Israel, says Trump's Gaza plan is “a recipe for creating chaos.”
Egypt, Jordan and Saudi Arabia have rejected Trump's call to relocate Palestinians as enclaves are being rebuilt.
The Palestinians will continue to return to their homes after a ceasefire agreement between Israel and Hamas amid the destruction of Gaza city in Gaza on February 2, 2025. (Alijadara/Anadoru via Getty Images)
Heggs told “Ingraham's Angle” that the president spoke about other countries where he could be willing to accept refugees.
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“There are people who get their guard out because they need new ideas in places that have not been confused for a long time, and that's something the president wants to manage,” he said. “But we were there at the press conference and were not surprised that he thought differently.
