Trump is big into ‘shock and awe’

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Donald Trump is “big into the shock and awe” and his goal is let Arab nations know that they have role to play in rebuilding in Gaza, Mercedes Schlapp, former White House Director of Communications, tells Al Arabiya News.  #US #Israel #Gaza #Trump

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00:00Look, in knowing how President Trump thinks, he is one who exchanges a lot of ideas with

00:06his advisors and in probably saying, okay, we know Benjamin Netanyahu is coming, the

00:12Prime Minister of Israel.

00:14We know at this point that this ceasefire is in a very fragile state.

00:19We need to get it to a point where the ceasefire can really stick.

00:23And we need to ensure that the Arab nations also play a role in ensuring that, figuring

00:31out what the future solutions are for Gaza.

00:34As we know, it's been significantly demolished and bombed during this period of time.

00:40It's been under the control of the terrorist Hamas, who obviously have oppressed their

00:45own Palestinian people and have targeted the Israeli citizens.

00:51And so I think for President Trump, he wants, he's big into the shock and awe and he wants

00:56to put it out there to be like, well, how are we going to rebuild this?

01:01How is this going to go?

01:02And of course it causes huge fury, whether it be from the Democrat party, from the media,

01:09obviously from other global partners in trying to decipher what President Trump really is

01:15trying to accomplish here.

01:17And I think the goal is, is to ensure that the Arab nations know that they have a role

01:21to play in rebuilding Gaza.

01:23They have a role to play, as we know, Egypt and Jordan in taking in Palestinian refugees.

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