When Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu visited the White House in February, Trump once again shared his vision for the war-torn location. “The U.S. will take over the Gaza Strip. We’ll do a job with it. We will own it and be responsible for dismantling all of the dangerous bombs and other weapons,” he said.

President Trump said Thursday that the US should be allowed to take control of the Gaza Strip and transform the war-torn enclave into a “freedom zone.”