Trump wants US to 'take over' Gaza, make it 'riviera of Middle East'
At a joint news conference with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu Tuesday, President Donald Trump proposed a plan in which the United States would "take over" the Gaza Strip and make it "the riviera of the Middle East." The plan includes the displacement of more than two million Palestinians. NBC’s Peter Alexander reports for TODAY.
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