Donald Trump Says Gaza Could Be ‘Better Than Monaco’
In a Monday morning radio interview, former US President Donald Trump raved about the weather in the Gaza Strip and said the war-torn area could be “better than Monaco” as a tourist destination. – reports the Newsweek.
On the show, host Hugh Hewitt, a conservative commentator, asked the former president, “Could Gaza be Monaco if it was rebuilt the right way? Could someone make Gaza into something that all the Palestinian people would be proud of, would want to live in, would benefit them?”
In response, Trump said the 140-mile Gaza Strip, which is on the eastern coast of the Mediterranean, is “the best location in the Middle East.”
“It could be better than Monaco. The best water, the best everything. It’s got, it is the best, I’ve said it for years. You know, I’ve been there, and it’s rough. It’s a rough place, before the, you know, before all of the attacks and before the back-and-forth, what’s happened over the last couple of years,” he said.
Speaking about Gaza, Trump also told Hewitt: “You know, as a developer, it could be the most beautiful place—the weather, the water, the whole thing, the climate. It could be so beautiful. It could be the best thing in the Middle East, but it could be one of the best places in the world.”
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