President Trump’s announcement of the U.S. taking ownership of Gaza came as a surprise, not just to his senior White House officials but also seemed to be an impromptu decision. Reading the plan from a piece of paper, without the most basic feasibility study, raises questions about the thoughtfulness of such a significant foreign policy move. His Israeli counterparts were caught off guard as well, with no formal meetings with the State Department or Pentagon preceding his decision. It appears that this policy, lacking in prior discussion and planning, may have been a spur-of-the-moment idea rather than a well-considered approach.
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