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Trump calls for Jordan, Egypt to accept more Palestinian refugees: 'Clean out that whole thing'

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President Donald Trump said Saturday he wants Jordan, Egypt and other Arab nations to accept more Palestinian refugees from the Gaza Strip, potentially moving out enough people to "just clean out" the area destroyed in the Israel-Hamas war, which is now under a ceasefire. Trump told reporters aboard Air Force One that he had a conversation earlier in the day with King Abdullah II of Jordan and would speak Sunday with President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi of Egypt. "I’d like Egypt to take people," Trump said. "You’re talking about probably a...

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