'So exhausting': National security expert left exasperated by Trump's Gaza hotel video

CNN's Boris Sanchez asked national security analyst Kevin Barron to give his take on President Donald Trump's AI-generated video promoting his idea to turn war-torn Gaza "into a lavish golf resort."

The video, posted to TruthSocial, includes lyrics like, "Donald Trump set you free, bringing the light for all to see. No more tunnels, no more fear. Trump Gaza is finally here."

"I mean, how many times do we have to see something like this where, it would be comical if it wasn't so serious and so exhausting," Barron said. "These images just, you know, they shock you, and then you laugh, and then you go, what are we doing? And where are we living? And in a time where, as your previous segment just showed, the hostages are being released, we're supposed to be getting to a new ceasefire phase. We're supposed to be getting toward some kind of future for this region. The Saudi defense minister was just at the Pentagon this week, as well. So there are these enormous security concerns going on, and this kind of video just does nothing for American security or regional security."

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Barron continued, "But it does show where Trump's head is, right? It shows he's calling himself King trump. He's putting out images of him as a giant idol in the middle of Gaza that looks like Vegas. Uh, I'm not sure what to say."

Sanchez added, "It reminds me a bit of when he went to meet with Kim Jong Un one on one, and he apparently showed him a trailer of what North Korean waterfront property would look like. He obviously views things very much from the perspective of of a real estate tycoon. I do wonder, though, how this sort of video lands with Palestinians...is this the kind of thing that just generates animosity?"

Barron answered, "I wonder too. I wonder how many see it, actually, who's watching Trump's Truth Social account out there right now? Go back to his original statement when he mentioned this, he was, you know, giddily saying 'We're going to expel all the Palestinians and rebuild this area to make it look o what these images look like.' And then he sees it and he, you know, promotes it just like he promotes a picture of Time Magazine for himself. Look, he's called himself King Trump in recent days. He's he's portraying himself as a savior for these areas, not for the Palestinian people."

Watch the clip below via CNN.