When a real-estate developer becomes the US president, it’s no surprise that American foreign policy includes a heavy dose of real-estate development. That’s the best conclusion to draw from Trump’s bold proposal to take over Gaza and transform it into a resort for the world’s enjoyment – a ‘Riviera of the Middle East’, as he puts it. This also raises an ongoing question that has persisted as long as Trump has been involved in the highest levels of American politics. Should Trump’s Gaza development plan, including the resettlement of over two million Palestinians and US ‘ownership’ of the contested lands, be taken literally or seriously? Both, or neither?