Trump braces for ‘awkward’ meeting with Jordan’s king after offer to ‘own’ Gaza

One week after Donald Trump shocked the world and announced that the United States should “own” Gaza, the president has a high-stakes White House meeting with King Abdullah II bin al Hussein of Jordan, a crucial American ally in the Middle East, as the Israel–Hamas war risks reescalating.

Jordan has denounced Trump’s proposal to approach Gaza as a real estate project, developing it into what the president described as the “Riviera of the Middle East” and permanently relocating Palestinians to countries such as Abdullah’s kingdom. But as Trump reneges on foreign funding agreements around the world, the president could put pressure on his royal counterpart.