Trump should be taken seriously, not literally

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US President Donald Trump’s words “should be taken seriously, but not literally,” PJ Crowley, former US Assistant Secretary of State, tells Al Arabiya News.

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00:00Just tell us, what went through your mind when you heard this announcement by the president last night?

00:04Well, Tom, in a word, it's insane.

00:09But the rule of thumb about Donald Trump is to take his words seriously, but not literally.

00:19It's totally impractical to conceive of how this could be accomplished, both to bring

00:26peace and stability to the region. It would do anything but. But it is insightful in that

00:34the two people that are cheering from the sidelines as we speak are Benjamin Netanyahu

00:40and Itamar Ben-Gavir, because it just means that Donald Trump is not going to push Israel

00:49towards taking any steps that will create a path to a Palestinian state.

00:57His comments actually totally undermine the potential that there will be a Palestinian

01:04state or any movement towards a Palestinian state during the Trump administration.

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