Thomas Pickering: Trump’s real-estate background influences discussions

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President Trump’s real-estate background influences his discussions on land in Egypt and Jordan for Palestinians from Gaza, former US Ambassador to Jordan Thomas Pickering says. #Trump #Gaza

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00:00One of the other things, President Trump, I believe we've got a parcel of land in Jordan,

00:05I believe we've got a parcel of land in Egypt. What's he talking about?

00:09I don't know. I think that he has been suggesting for some time, point one,

00:16that the people of Gaza be moved to Egypt and to Jordan. He's a real estate entrepreneur

00:26of significant reputation. To move people, you have to have land. To get land,

00:31you have to have acquiescence of the government. He is making a statement that I think he hoped

00:38would be accepted in a public way. It was not, but it was not rejected in a public way,

00:46which puts him in the middle. And he had enough good sense at that particular point

00:52in the conversation, I think, not to try to make a scapegoat or a victim or indeed an undignified

01:01approach himself to King Abdullah, who had been treating him

01:06with dignity and respect throughout the conversation.

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