Fred Fleitz: Egypt, Jordan reaction expected

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Egypt and Jordan’s rejection of US President Donald Trump’s plan to relocate Gazans was expected, given their position on the issue, former Chief of Staff under Trump Fred Fleitz explains.

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00:00Speaking of friends and allies, Jordan and Egypt are two friends and allies of

00:05the United States. We heard the president on Air Force One saying

00:08you're talking about probably a million and a half people, we just clean out that

00:12whole thing. Obviously that went down very well with Israel's far right, we can

00:16talk about that in a minute, but how do you think it went down with Washington's

00:19other allies in the region, notably the two countries most concerned by that

00:23idea, Egypt and Jordan? Well look, Egypt and Jordan have always taken a position

00:29that they don't want to take Palestinian refugees and that was an expected

00:34response by both nations, but I also think Egypt and Jordan and other nations

00:38are looking at Trump and they're seeing him achieving things that, you know,

00:42didn't appear to be possible just a few years ago, so we will see

00:47what happens.

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