GOP Questions Trump's Gaza Plan: 'I Thought We Voted For America First' [View all]
Source: HuffPost
President Donald Trump’s far-fetched proposal that the U.S. take ownership of the Gaza Strip and redevelop it into the “Riviera of the Middle East” befuddled some Republicans, who noted it would contradict what he campaigned on.
“The pursuit for peace should be that of the Israelis and the Palestinians,” Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) wrote in a post on Wednesday. “I thought we voted for America First. We have no business contemplating yet another occupation to doom our treasure and spill our soldiers blood.”
Paul had responded to a post from Secretary of State Marco Rubio, who suggested he agreed with Trump. “Make Gaza Beautiful Again,” Rubio said.
Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.), a foreign policy hawk who rarely agrees with libertarian-leaning senators like Paul, also called the proposal “problematic.”
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