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demmiblue

(38,512 posts)
Thu May 15, 2025, 07:41 AM May 15

Trump suggests US 'take' Gaza, make it 'freedom zone'

Source: The Hill

President Trump on Thursday suggested the U.S. would look to take control of the Gaza Strip and turn it into a “freedom zone,” highlighting one of his more controversial foreign policy proposals during a visit to Qatar.

“I have concepts for Gaza that I think are very good. Make it a freedom zone, let the United States get involved, and make it just a freedom zone” Trump said during a business roundtable.

“I’d be proud to have the United States have it, take it, make it a freedom zone, let some good things happen. Put people in homes where they can be safe, and Hamas is going to have to be dealt with,” Trump added.

Qatar has played host to periodic ceasefire talks between Israel and Hamas in an attempt to stop the fighting between the two sides but so far negotiations have been at a stalemate as bombings continue.

Read more: https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5301455-trump-gaza-strip-freedom-zone/

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Trump suggests US 'take' Gaza, make it 'freedom zone' (Original Post) demmiblue May 15 OP
Translation: Make Gaza a 'Palestinian Free' zone. speak easy May 15 #1
Bibi is already making Gaza a Palestinian-free zone. Lonestarblue May 15 #7
Fuck him forever! eom BlueMTexpat May 15 #2
A true " bait and switch" plan.... FarPoint May 15 #14
Meanwhile people in America don't have enough to eat, no ecucation, no healthcare, and no golf membership. twodogsbarking May 15 #3
Beach resort................... Lovie777 May 15 #4
T-rump is a total jerk... wcmagumba May 15 #5
Sure, no problem, Mr tRump. What could possibly go wrong? LymphocyteLover May 15 #6
Minitrue says "Freedom is Slavery" muriel_volestrangler May 15 #8
He talks a lot k_buddy762 May 15 #9
Readability analyzer on Trump's quotes, Flesch-Kincaid Grade Level: 3.52 tanyev May 15 #10
"Freedom Zone," Bayard May 15 #11
Yep, let's put Jared in charge of the transition!! 33taw May 15 #19
We need to be sure... Delmette2.0 May 15 #34
the billionaire ghouls circling Gaza trying to figure out how to make the most money off of misery. nt Javaman May 15 #12
Climate change will get them, too, it will just take longer. They'll rule a flooded, burned-out planet. CrispyQ May 15 #29
Is there some reason we have to read every brain fart this man has? Ray Bruns May 15 #13
so, drumpf is a cleptomaniac too? pansypoo53219 May 15 #15
"Feast and dance, the deal is done - Trump Gaza number one!" LeftinOH May 15 #16
Dumb and cruel nowforever May 15 #17
Hey, all you "Uncommitted" voters and promoters... "Enjoy your new Freedom Zone!" Oopsie Daisy May 15 #18
This is about 2 million Palestinians iemanja May 15 #36
Not my fault. I voted correctly. Others who encouraged this Uncommitted Movement bullshit... Oopsie Daisy May 15 #39
I didn't attack you personally iemanja May 15 #42
Bull. Oopsie Daisy May 15 #43
Where is Jill Falcon101 May 15 #40
Jill, Sarandon, West, Moore, Nader... they're all treacherous saboteurs. Oopsie Daisy May 15 #41
Only a moron and narcissist would think that 'concept' is "very good". sinkingfeeling May 15 #20
The rest of the world is realizing that "freedom" and trump's America aren't living together...nt Wounded Bear May 15 #21
WTAF does that even mean? How exactly does a U.S. controlled "freedom zone" work? Ol Janx Spirit May 15 #22
Will Palestinians be free to live freely in the "Freedom" zone? Martin Eden May 15 #23
It'll be free FROM Palestinians underpants May 15 #28
Bingo!! riversedge May 15 #33
If Trump completes the ethnic cleansing Netanyahu has well underway Martin Eden May 15 #35
Why not try swong19104 May 15 #24
This Is On The Pro-Pal People Deep State Witch May 15 #25
How many Gazas voted for Trump? iemanja May 15 #37
I hope the people of JBTaurus83 May 15 #26
So a CONCEPT of bloody endless occupation? underpants May 15 #27
I'm sure this all came about after TSF met with bluestarone May 15 #30
Trump Resort Gaza. That's what he really means. Vinca May 15 #31
Will someone Traildogbob May 15 #32
I find it ugly iemanja May 15 #38

Lonestarblue

(12,763 posts)
7. Bibi is already making Gaza a Palestinian-free zone.
Thu May 15, 2025, 07:50 AM
May 15

As if starving people to death is not enough, Netanyahu is razing Rafah, one of the few remaining areas of Gaza with some infrastructure. The rest of Gaza is mostly ruins, and Israel is unlikely at allow any building equipment or supplies into Gaza, just as they’re blocking food and medicine. How many more Palestinians need to die before other governments see this for the attempted genocide it is!

twodogsbarking

(14,187 posts)
3. Meanwhile people in America don't have enough to eat, no ecucation, no healthcare, and no golf membership.
Thu May 15, 2025, 07:47 AM
May 15

Bayard

(25,754 posts)
11. "Freedom Zone,"
Thu May 15, 2025, 08:41 AM
May 15

Free to build a huge resort hotel and golf course. Free to use Gazans as servants.

He's so transparent.

Delmette2.0

(4,378 posts)
34. We need to be sure...
Thu May 15, 2025, 03:46 PM
May 15

freedom for who? Please make him be specific. Nationality? Men? Women? Skin tone?

Javaman

(64,137 posts)
12. the billionaire ghouls circling Gaza trying to figure out how to make the most money off of misery. nt
Thu May 15, 2025, 08:48 AM
May 15

CrispyQ

(39,897 posts)
29. Climate change will get them, too, it will just take longer. They'll rule a flooded, burned-out planet.
Thu May 15, 2025, 11:11 AM
May 15

Doesn't make me feel any better, though.

LeftinOH

(5,543 posts)
16. "Feast and dance, the deal is done - Trump Gaza number one!"
Thu May 15, 2025, 09:12 AM
May 15

Remember that A.I. video he posted two months ago? It wasn't a joke - that's exactly the plan.

nowforever

(543 posts)
17. Dumb and cruel
Thu May 15, 2025, 09:14 AM
May 15

The stable genius spends 5 minutes thinking deeply and then discloses to world what a moron he is.

Oopsie Daisy

(6,044 posts)
18. Hey, all you "Uncommitted" voters and promoters... "Enjoy your new Freedom Zone!"
Thu May 15, 2025, 09:18 AM
May 15

I recall how they would taunt us with chants of "Enjoy Trump!" as they let us know in no uncertain terms that neither "Genocide Joe" and "Killer Kamala" would be receiving their vote.

The congressional rep who was promoting this notion of NOT voting for the Democrat seems to be keeping a low profile these days. Hmmm.

iemanja

(56,182 posts)
36. This is about 2 million Palestinians
Thu May 15, 2025, 04:39 PM
May 15

Who have nothing to do with US elections. Making this about your political grievances is unseemly. It’s simple another way of justifying mass murder.

Oopsie Daisy

(6,044 posts)
39. Not my fault. I voted correctly. Others who encouraged this Uncommitted Movement bullshit...
Thu May 15, 2025, 05:54 PM
May 15

... the ones who DO have something to do with US elections... well, they are the ones who need to look at themselves in the mirror every day. If they can stand it.

>> It’s simple another way of justifying mass murder.
Oh, good lord. Please. Spare me. --- What an ugly thing to say about me.

I haven't attacked anyone here personally, why would you think it's okay to attack me with the false claim (or at best, an insinuation) that I'm somehow "justifying mass murder" by calling-out those who promoted and encouraged Michigan voters to NOT support Biden, then Harris.

I lay the blame where it belongs. Some here try to lay the blame at MY feet, where it doesn't belong.

iemanja

(56,182 posts)
42. I didn't attack you personally
Thu May 15, 2025, 08:28 PM
May 15

I commented on the implications of your post. Instead of commenting on the 2 million people currently being slaughtered, people who had nothing to do with our election, you made it about the US election. Trump can say anything he wants. The fact is Netanyahu Is already well on his way to exterminating that population, and he has sworn to finish them off. THAT is what should outrage you.

Your assessment of blame for this couldn’t be more wrong.

Oopsie Daisy

(6,044 posts)
41. Jill, Sarandon, West, Moore, Nader... they're all treacherous saboteurs.
Thu May 15, 2025, 06:55 PM
May 15

They're hiding in their castles. They can afford the price of their sanctimony, vanity and arrogance.

Wounded Bear

(62,316 posts)
21. The rest of the world is realizing that "freedom" and trump's America aren't living together...nt
Thu May 15, 2025, 10:11 AM
May 15

Ol Janx Spirit

(286 posts)
22. WTAF does that even mean? How exactly does a U.S. controlled "freedom zone" work?
Thu May 15, 2025, 10:24 AM
May 15

Especially in the hands of people that do not seem particularly friendly to "freedom" here in the actual U.S.? Is there even a concept of a plan? How many U.S. troops would be "free" to ensure this newfound "freedom zone" in a region so hostile to America in the first place? How many would be "freed" of their lives to make this vision a reality? And, "put people in homes where they can be safe," seems to purposely avoid identifying who those "people" would be.

I know; I know: this is an unserious statement from a deeply unserious person, but given that this unserious person is the President of the United States of America it must still be given weight. Too many people not taking him seriously seems to be a big part of the reason we are here today....

Martin Eden

(14,506 posts)
23. Will Palestinians be free to live freely in the "Freedom" zone?
Thu May 15, 2025, 10:40 AM
May 15

Or is "Freedom" a totally misleading name, like the "Freedom" caucus in the Republican Party?

Martin Eden

(14,506 posts)
35. If Trump completes the ethnic cleansing Netanyahu has well underway
Thu May 15, 2025, 03:59 PM
May 15

Will the "Genocide Joe" crowd who helped make this happen acknowledge their complicity?

swong19104

(446 posts)
24. Why not try
Thu May 15, 2025, 10:44 AM
May 15

making a “freedom zone” for homeless people here in the US? Perhaps as a test case and for the learning experience.

Deep State Witch

(11,940 posts)
25. This Is On The Pro-Pal People
Thu May 15, 2025, 11:01 AM
May 15

That voted for him, or didn't vote for Kamala. What did they think would happen?

iemanja

(56,182 posts)
37. How many Gazas voted for Trump?
Thu May 15, 2025, 04:43 PM
May 15

The number is zero. They live in Gaza. The US election is not a justification for the mass murder of 2 million Gazans, which Netanyahu is executing with or without Trump.

Traildogbob

(11,381 posts)
32. Will someone
Thu May 15, 2025, 11:27 AM
May 15

Explain how he is getting owned by HAMAS or anti semantic supporting Nations with millions, Nay, billions of bribes, and thinks he can own GAZA strip for all his billionaire new bros, and Jewish supporting terror attacks will not blow it all to hell? Really, A Saudi, Iran, Gatar, Syrian, Russian, vacation exclusive beach resort packed with trump time shares, Butted up against the prime real estate, Natty has been drooling to own forever?????
Oh wait………….what if all the trump money men, trump, his family and Musk and other billionaire “owners of him” are there at one big grand opening party???????? Maybe something good could come from this. Oh Natty Yahoo could pay up for all our billions in support, to eliminate most of the terrorists owners at once, even those American White Nationalist domestic terror leaders. Or just lock them in it after they are all there, and make it the Middle East El-Salvador.
I would never propose killing anyone, even the worst terrorist in the world. Including the American one. 🫢🤫🤔🤥
Pipe dream, Trump will blow up earth way before all that could happen. Or we libs will all be dead from him, never to enjoy the show.

iemanja

(56,182 posts)
38. I find it ugly
Thu May 15, 2025, 04:47 PM
May 15

That so many justify the mass murder of 2 million Gazans by making this about the US election. Not a single one of those people voted in the US election. Not one: they live on Gaza. Is that some news flash here? People here are dismissing genocide for their own political grievances that have nothing to do with Palestinians living in Gaza.

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