He made the remarks before his meeting with Irish Prime Minister Micheal Martin at the White House on Wednesday.
In his statement alongside Martin, Trump said, “No one is expelling anyone from Gaza.”
During his meeting with Martin, he even called the US Senate’s minority leader Chuck Schumer “a Palestinian.”
Trump stated, “Schumer is a Palestinian as far as I’m concerned. He’s become a Palestinian. He used to be Jewish. He’s not Jewish anymore. He’s a Palestinian.”
He made a similar statement regarding Schumer in a post shared on his social media platform Truth Social in February.
In his remarks, Martin said aid needed to be increased into Gaza and called for a ceasefire as well as the release of hostages held by Hamas since the October 7, 2023 attacks on the occupied territories.
US President’s remarks on Gaza come after his statement in February, where he said that Washington will take over the Gaza Strip, dismantle dangerous weapons, get rid of the destroyed buildings and work for the economic development of the area.
While addressing a joint press conference with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Trump stated, “The US will take over the Gaza Strip and we will do a job with it. We’ll own it and be responsible for dismantling all of the dangerous unexploded bombs and other weapons on the site and getting rid of the destroyed buildings. Create an economic development that will supply unlimited numbers of jobs and housing for the people of the area.”
Meanwhile, Arab foreign ministers on Wednesday agreed to continue talks and coordinate with Trump’s special envoy Steve Witkoff on Gaza reconstruction plan proposed by Egypt during a meeting in Doha, according to a joint statement. The joint statement added that consultations will continue on the plan with Witkoff, as a “basis for the reconstruction efforts” in the Gaza Strip.
