Gaza has just been added to the list of territories that Donald

Gaza  has just  been added to the list of  territories that Donald Trump says he wants to  conquer.
It all started with a joke  about making Canada the 51st state of the  United States. Then  he renewed ties with Greenland and  threatened to  take over the Panama  Canal.
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It's up to policymakers to determine where this ends and how seriously  they take this latest territorial  claim. How  can we reconcile the isolationist  president and  follower of the Monroe  Doctrine with the expansionist who  seems to think the  United States can  appropriate any  piece of land it wants under the  pretext of strategic  interests? One way to look at the suggestion  of a U.S. takeover of the Palestinian strip  strung out between Egypt and Israel is  to ask whether  Trump is the  real estate developer talking. 

He said the  war-torn enclave had the potential to become  the "Riviera of the Middle East."  He has made similar  statements about North Korea  before.
But the  implications of his words,  particularly for the fate of 2 million Palestinians and their homeland,  have a troubling look — as do his comments  on land ownership in South  Africa.
One of Trump's hallmarks over the years is that he  tries out ideas, sees how they  work, and then comes back to them.  In 2016, his campaign promise to  build a wall along the Mexican border was  considered ridiculous. But he  eventually built part of it. .
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Was it a  bargaining chip or  a bluff? The mistake  was that he dismissed Trump's  thoughts.
Currently, Arab  countries, led by Saudi  Arabia, oppose Trump's proposal and the permanent displacement of Palestinians, a  long-held goal of  the Israeli far right. But  most importantly, the conversations are  taking place in  private.
China, which has its  eyes on Taiwan, is one of many parties  in the world with  a vested interest in the outcome  of the crisis.

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