The apparent origin story to President Donald Trump’s reinvention of Gaza has been revealed. During a joint news conference with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu Tuesday, Trump unveiled a wild card plan involving a U.

President Donald Trump's plan for the United States to take over Gaza, permanently displacing Palestinians who live there and creating the "Riviera of the Middle East," has upset Arab nations and Western allies and would overturn decades of American policy in the region.

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.