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Trump press secretary snarls as reporter grills her on Trump's Gaza occupation plan
February 5, 2025 4:12PM ET
White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt did not take kindly on Wednesday when a reporter asked her about Donald Trump's plans to occupy the Gaza Strip and spend billions remaking it into the "Riviera of the Middle East."
In a clip shown on CNN, Leavitt was asked how Trump's Gaza vision squares with the "America First" policies he rode to re-election.
Leavitt immediately dismissed the question and claimed Trump's comments were part of the "out of the box" thinking his supporters admire.
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"I would reject the premise of your question that this forces the United States to be entangled in conflicts abroad," she snapped. "The president has not committed to putting boots on the ground in Gaza. He has also said that the United States is not going to pay for the rebuilding of Gaza."
"His administration is going to work with our partners in the region to reconstruct this region. and let me just take a step back here, because this is an out-of-the-box idea," she lectured. "That's who President Trump is, that's why the American people elected him and his goal is lasting peace in the Middle East for all people in the region."
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