CNN host Abby Phillip took her NewsNight panelist Scott Jennings to task over the way he waved away concerns about President Donald Trump’s comments about seizing Gaza.
The panel were responding to comments Trump made Tuesday in which he said the “U.S. will take over the Gaza Strip” and vowed to turn it into the “Riviera of the Middle East.” He also refused to rule out deploying U.S. troops in the effort, which would permanently displace the enclave’s 2 million Palestinian residents.
“The U.S. will take over the Gaza Strip, and we will do a job with it too,” Trump said in a joint press conference with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
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