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Trump Backs Off Aid Threat as Jordan Agrees to Take Ill Gaza Kids
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1:07Now PlayingPresident Donald Trump backed off his threat to withhold US aid for Jordan after King Abdullah II agreed during a White House meeting to accept 2,000 ill children from Gaza.
Trump on Tuesday reiterated his desire for the US to take ownership of Gaza, but Abdullah sidestepped questions about the lightning-rod plan, saying he would discuss the future of the territory at an upcoming meeting in Saudi Arabia once Egypt presents its proposal.
The US president called the king’s offer to resettle sick children a “beautiful” gesture and heaped praise on the Jordanian leader.
“We contribute a lot of money to Jordan and to Egypt, by the way, a lot to both. But I don’t have to threaten that. I think we’re above that,” Trump told reporters.
Near the start of the meeting, Abdullah said he would get the children, who are either cancer patients or “in a very ill state,” to Jordan “as quickly as possible.”
Trump’s call to turn the Gaza Strip into a US-owned “Riviera” has drawn widespread condemnation in the Middle East, potentially imperiling the fragile truce between Israel and Hamas. But Abdullah’s visit to Washington shows Arab leaders have little choice but to deal with the emboldened US president.
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