Should the U.S. Oversee Gaza?

Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:00):
Okay, Trump, in a wide ranging press conference yesterday really
stunned the world with a proposal that the United States
should take over, literally take control, long term control over
the Gaza Strip. Good idea, bad idea. Let's go right

(00:21):
back to Paul in Medfield. Paul, you were I thought
really onto something when you were saying, look, Trump was
really making a point about the Palestinians going on about
one hundred years of a death cult, and look where
it's ended up. Look what has gotten you a pile
of rubble, living in a hell hole and a hellscape.

(00:42):
Don't you want something better? It's almost as if he
was shedding a light on the disastrous, irrational, hate filled
politics that has infused and really in many ways corrupted
the Palestinians for decades. Paul, that I sum up your
position accurately.

Speaker 2 (01:02):
Yeah, Jeff, I could have said it better myself, exactly.

Speaker 1 (01:05):
Please pick off.

Speaker 2 (01:07):
That's all?

Speaker 1 (01:08):
Uh.

Speaker 2 (01:09):
Yeah, I mean it's the fact that the Palestinians probably
he is sending a message even though it's very controversial
and it's extravagant and it's probably not plausible, but he
is saying you really can't argue with what he's saying, hey,
why don't you you know, you have tourism, you could
have a you know, there's other things economic, you know,

(01:32):
success this scheme, it's not all about, you know, death
and hatred. And I think the Palestinians may look at
that and say, hey, wait a minute, why can't we
do that. Why do we have to be relocated someplace
that's really nice? Why can't we just do that amongst ourselves?
And maybe we can do it if we stopped and
electing these terrorist groups hamas and just everything about death

(01:57):
and hatred. Maybe there's something else to life. So I
think that's Trump's message, and I think he's resonating, and
he's more targeted to the Palestinians themselves. I mean, if
there are people in Iran that want to get rid
of those regimes, they get to be some of those
in Palestine. I mean, he's probably saying, you know, and
he did the same thing, you know, like Larry referred

(02:19):
to early with North Korea. You know, let's put up
some hotels and you guys joined the twenty first century.
So it's basically it seems like an extravagant and controversial
way a semi serious I mean, if it happened, it'd
be okay. But you know, really, Jeff, I mean, what
would you want to relocate these fallacis. Why can't they, uh,
you know, be part of this, you know, rebirth, this

(02:41):
renaissance of the Gaza.

Speaker 1 (02:43):
Well, I think I think you put your put your
finger on something very very important, Paul. Really what Trump
is saying by doing this, you know, he's like saying,
you know, look, you know, I'm talking to all of you,
the press corps. Now, I'm telling you, we can turn
Gaza in ten years really into like the French, you know,
the French riviera, the riviera of the Mediterranean. We can

(03:03):
have hotels, we can have casinos, we can have resorts,
we can have restaurants, cafes. I mean just literally tourists
coming in up, planes flying and out, just you know,
jobs galore, housing for everybody. I mean, this could be
a really you can you know, a boom place. And
look what it is. This is what the Palestinians have

(03:23):
done to their own plate, to their own people, to themselves,
to their own society. So I'm offering you a better alternative.
And what he's really saying, see, this is the most
damning thing of all he's saying, remove the Palestinians and
the place gets infinitely better.

Speaker 3 (03:40):
Now.

Speaker 1 (03:40):
Think, and I'm not saying he's doing it on purpose.
I'm saying, think about the logic of what he's saying,
the implications he's really saying. Look at the Palestinians, they
can't govern themselves. That's what he's really implicitly saying. You know,
he says, look, I love them, I don't want you know,
I don't want them to be killed. I don't want

(04:00):
them to get massacred. I don't want he goes. I'm
just telling you you're sitting on gold any other people,
you know. Basically, what he's saying is, look, if Israel
was running Gaza, it would be the French Riviera, if
France was running it, if Italy was running it, if
never mind America, if other countries in the world were
running it. Hit be a tourist mecca, be a tourist mecca.

(04:25):
But with the Palestinians running it, look what it is.
It's a dump. Can't even live in it anymore. So
what he's really saying is the place is better off
without the Palestinians. And the problem is it's a catch
twenty two, because, as Arthur rightly said, Jordan doesn't want them,
Egypt doesn't want them, Iran doesn't want them, Lebanon doesn't

(04:49):
want them. Nobody wants them, nobody, And you got to
ask yourself why. I mean, really, they're the only people
on earth nobody wants. You got to have. If you're
a Palestinian, you're like, how come nobody wants us? Well,
look wherever you go, there's a lot of Palestinians in Jordan.

(05:09):
Look at them. It's the Kafia protesting, burning flags, screaming jihad, jihad,
Jihad on welfare. It's just death destruction. And look at
their education system. It's sick. You know, their goal is
to drink Jewish blood. You know, the only good Jew
is a dead Jew. Christians and Jews came from descending

(05:32):
from monkeys and pigs. This is what you teach your
children in school, like, this is the level of your
culture and civilization. You're barbaric, you're primitive. So what Trump
is really saying is take away the Palestinians, then Palestine
will flourish.

Speaker 2 (05:51):
Paul Am I wrong, Well, partially, Jeff, I have to
disagree with a little bit. I don't know if he's
so much saying all condemning all the peals Inians, I
believe that condemning their leadership, the leadership, the radical right,
the radical leadership, the Hummas stop elected, because I mean,

(06:11):
just people that do want peace and prosperity in that region,
and they could do it themselves. They don't need us
to come in.

Speaker 4 (06:20):
No.

Speaker 1 (06:20):
I agree on that. I agree, they don't need us.
I agree with you. No, Paul. That's why I thought,
and again I don't want to repeat myself. I would
call up on this. I'd say, Okay, hold elections. Okay,
this is from this is from Kyle on messenger Jeff.
If we take over the Gaza strip, just think of
all the money we'll save on condoms. To say, Kyle,

(06:48):
touche my friend six one seven two six six sixty
eight sixty eight. Okay, let me just play one more cut,
President Trump, and let me ask all of you. When
he talks about resettling Palestinians, there's an assumption there a
as I mentioned earlier, that the Palestinians want to be resettled,

(07:12):
But there's also another assumption. It says, if the Palestinians
are ours to resettle I just want to play the
cut and get your reaction again. This is Trump in
the Oval Office with bb Net Yahoo Roll cut six
B Mike.

Speaker 5 (07:31):
I don't think people should be going back to Gaza.
I think that Guz has been very unlucky for them.
They've lived like hell. They lived like you're living in hell.
Gaz is not a place for people to be living.
And the only reason they want to go back, and
I believe this stroll is because they have no alternative.

Speaker 1 (07:47):
What's the alternative?

Speaker 5 (07:48):
Go where there's no other alternative. If they had an alternative,
they'd much rather not go back to Gaza and live
in a beautiful alternative that's safe.

Speaker 1 (07:59):
I don't know. You're a very rational, civilized man, you see,
mister Trump. So you see the world through the lens
of an American, right through a Westerner. Yeah, yeah, you're right.
Most people in the West. Yeah, of course they'd want
to live in a better place than Gaza. But you're
dealing now with the Muslim world. You're dealing with Islamists,

(08:20):
you're dealing with a death cult, you're dealing with a
tribal visceral in some ways, I'm sorry to say it,
but it's true. Primitive people that have a deep seated
hatred for the Jews and for Israel, in which holy
war in Jihad is a way of life. Now again,
not all, of course, Paul in Midfield was completely right.

(08:42):
I'm sure there are some people who want to build
and want to have restaurants and want to work in
a hotel and want have a productive life. I get it,
But just look at their political leadership. And it's not
just in Gaza, look at Fatah in the West Bank.
They're hardly any better now after a while out If
you keep electing these people, maybe it's because you agree
with them. But you know, my larger question is this.

(09:08):
Whatever we may think of the Palestinians, you know they
do live there, and you know, and I know they
want to drive the Jews out. I get that, of course,
but you know many of them have been living there
for hundreds, if not thousands of years. So this idea,
I say, I'm uncomfortable with driving, not driving, but resettling

(09:30):
people off of their native land. If they want to
live there, no matter how bad the conditions are, it
is their right to live there. Am I wrong? I'm
just curious? Am I wrong?

Speaker 6 (09:45):
Six?

Speaker 1 (09:45):
One seven two? Six six sixty eight sixty eight is
the number Scott in Revere. Thanks for holding Scott and welcome.
Just go the way, my friend. Thank you, Scott. I
love the way you say with so much emotion and passion. Buddy,

(10:07):
what do you think Gaza? Should we take it over
or not take it over? Scott?

Speaker 6 (10:14):
I think I think Trump is wrong, and I'm sorry
I never did. I have never disagreed with Donald Trump.

Speaker 3 (10:20):
Don't enough.

Speaker 6 (10:20):
Just being honest, I've never disagreed with him until right
this minute. Are you kidding? These people will put on
a bomb, strap it on and blow up whoever they do,
whoever they feel like is dissing them at the time.
These people don't care. They don't care. They're living in
a bombing people still living there, and bombs are falling

(10:42):
on their head on the hospitals and schools. These people, uh,
they're they're not used to live in a normal life.
They're just not used to live in a normal life.
They used to living in war all the time. And
can you imagine living like that? And you want the
Americans to take over?

Speaker 3 (11:03):
No?

Speaker 6 (11:03):
Thank you, got a headache. I don't want we don't
What do you say.

Speaker 1 (11:08):
To Jeb no, I'm with you, Scott. Look honestly, I
said it my opening monologue, but I want to repeat it.
If we do take over the Gaza Strip, and I
hope to God we don't, but if we do take
long term control, it is gonna buy us a thousand
years of terrorism. You're right, it's gonna be suicide bomber
after suicide bomber. The Muslim world is gonna go insane.

(11:32):
Islamic terrorism are gonna I mean, this is gonna inflame
and in sight Islamic terrorists everywhere from Pakistan to Chechnya
to the entire Middle East, and you know we're gonna
be sitting ducks in the Middle East. I mean, I
understand Trump wants to build it up. I get it.
He's a builder, he's a developer, he's a he's a

(11:54):
you know, he's an economic titan. I understand that. But
there are some peoples in some cultures they don't care.
You know, look at the Taliban in Afghanistan, they don't care.
We built them roads, we built them hospitals, we built
them schools, We educated their women, we gave them driving licenses,
we gave them jobs, and they don't care. They don't

(12:16):
want it. I mean maybe the women did, but the men,
they don't want it. They'd rather live in caves and
keep their women enslaved like they're in the seventh century.
I mean, I'm sorry, it's just it is what it is,
you know. And look, this is I think what Europeans,
North Americans, Americans especially, but doesn't matter, Canadians, Australians. Much

(12:37):
of the world is not like us. That's one that's
our blind spot because we think, come on, look, I mean,
who doesn't want to live like us, right? I mean,
we live so much better than most people around the world,
but many people in the world don't see the world
the way we do. And I think that's Trump is
going to get a rude awakening. And honestly, Scott and

(12:58):
I want to get your final take on this. I
thought we learned our lesson with the Rock the disasters
of nation building, and then we learned it again in Afghanistan,
the disasters of nation building. We're gonna do nation building again,
this time in the heart of the Middle East, with
potentially our troops, our soldiers, Americans fully exposed. Whatever gods

(13:24):
that can offer us. It's not worth it, you know,
it's not like I don't know, we're Iceland and we
really need a beautiful beach resort. No, really, seriously, We've
got Hawaii, We've got South Carolina, Florida, the Virgin Islands.
We've got great spots here in the United States, the
best beaches, the best resorts, the best hotels. If Israel

(13:48):
wants to build it up into the riviera of the
Middle East, God bless them. But that's for them, that's
not for us. Scott, what say you.

Speaker 6 (13:58):
Jeff, You're knocked it out of the pack. All listen,
when before this war started yet nay? Now, who said
go north, go north? All every civilian go north?

Speaker 2 (14:09):
Well guess what.

Speaker 6 (14:10):
They started going north and then the Taliban turned them around.
So that tells you that we they have the people
of God that have no control over what they're doing
over there, and it doesn't matter who's running them. The
only people of the Muslim people, they can't. They're all
to they're all to stop Catholicism in the Jewish State.

(14:33):
They just they hate us, period, and there ain't nothing
that's gonna stop that.

Speaker 1 (14:37):
Thank you, Jeff, Thank you, Scott. Look, let the East
be East and let the West be West. That's always
been my philosophy. Protect the West, don't allow us to
be overwhelmed with you know, illegal immigration and the Islamization
of Europe, and keep keep radical Islamists out. To me,

(14:59):
they come from a radical different civilization and culture than
we do. But once you start getting involved in their
internal affairs, we're at their mercy. And to me, I've
had enough. I've had enough. No more nation building in
the Middle East. I'm done. Agree disagree sixty one, seven
two six six, sixty eight, sixty eight. And by the way,

(15:21):
it's funny you should say that's caught. You know. Last night,
when I read this, I'm like, oh my god, Like
I think it's the first time I've ever disagreed with
the guy. Look, I agree with him like ninety nine
point nine nine nine nine nine nine nine percent of
the time. I go, it's like a miracle. This is
the first time I've ever disagreed with him. Now again,
I hope he's trolling. I hope he's playing three dimensional chess.

(15:44):
But you know, if you're asking me for my honest take,
I don't want the Godza strip. I don't think we
need it. Agreed disagree sixty one seven two six, six,
sixty eight sixty eight. John in Westford, Thanks for holding
John and welcome.

Speaker 6 (16:00):
Hi.

Speaker 7 (16:01):
Good morning, Uh joh No. I like what Trump's doing.
I know it's gonna sound crazy, but I think it's
three D tess.

Speaker 6 (16:10):
The problem is.

Speaker 7 (16:13):
I mean, yeah, it is with the dozens. Yes, they
teach your kids at birth to hate Israel and kill
all Jews an infidel. But I think the real problem
is the rest of the Middle East. I think it's
the other Muslim countries.

Speaker 6 (16:24):
I think it's Jordan, Egypt.

Speaker 7 (16:27):
They need a boogeyman and they're all just running this
proxy war through Hamas to the guys a strip and
Trump is calling him out. Trump is saying, hey, Jordan, Egypt,
step up. If you don't, you know, we're going to
force them on you by sanctions, cutting off your money cut.

Speaker 1 (16:46):
Trump says he's interested Netanya, who said it's a great idea,
it would change history. Do you support it? Do you
not support it? Let's go back to John in Westford. John,
you were making the point that in many ways this
is a very smart proposal by Trump. What he's really
trying to do is he's forcing Jordan, forcing Egypt, telling

(17:09):
them Look, we can withdraw foreign aid, we can cut
off money, we can cut off investment. Either you guys
start stepping up to the plate and start dealing with
the Palestinian issue, or we're gonna make it hard for
all of you and if you don't take care of it,
we will. In other words, art of the deal, maximum pressure,

(17:30):
maximum leverage. John, did I sum up your position accurately?

Speaker 7 (17:36):
Yeah, it is the art of the deal. It's the
big ask and he's I mean, the Middle East wants
a boogeyman, and the Palestinians are just easy picking because
you know, they teachure kids, like I said earlier at birth,
to hate Israel and kill the Jews. But I mean
Gaza was controlled by Egypt for how many years? And

(17:57):
Jordan had control of the West Bank, and then Israel
said keep it and they're like no, no, no, we don't
want it. And then all the money that flows into Godza,
I mean, I think they said it's one hundred thousand
per family between the UN and other charities. And where
did they go digging tunnels and stuff.

Speaker 2 (18:15):
Look at the election, you know Israel was.

Speaker 7 (18:19):
Fine with Hamas because at least it wasn't the PLO.
It was just a rebrand, So I think this will
force them to allow I think ideally it should be
put into console, not the US, but maybe Jordans for

(18:39):
ten or fifteen years and just have the UN. Not
that I like the UN kind of watch over it
because the area. Trump is right, it's beachfront, offshore oil,
it's prime real estate. There's no reason for what's going on.

Speaker 1 (19:01):
John had dead on No, look, John, John, you're absolutely
dead on. Look. If Israel really completely controlled Gaza and
the West Bank, okay completely, it would be booming. If we, say,
the United States, if we controlled Gaza in the West Bank,
You're right, Oh my god, I mean really really, it
really would be Trump is right. It would be like
the French Riviera. I mean it would be stunning. It'd

(19:24):
be one of the biggest tourist meccas and destinations in
the entire world. The additional question, John, I'm just curious
because I know you're saying, Look, Trump is you know
there's a strategy to this. He's a chess player. It's
the art of the deal. He knows what he's doing,
he knows what buttons he's pushing. Just as a philosophical matter.

(19:45):
I'm just curious if Trump said that, the hell would it.
We're gonna take it. I want Greenland, I want the
Panama Canal, and now I want the Gaza Strip. Would
you support the United States taking control of Gaza? I'm
just curious.

Speaker 7 (20:00):
Yeah, no, no, it has it has to be a
Muslim country. I think the UAE would be great, Jordan
would be great. Just for ten fifteen years, get them
financially stable, and then just make sure Hamas and whatnot
never comes into power again. And I think once the
money starts flowing, it won't. I don't think that people

(20:23):
would allow it. They don't want to go back.

Speaker 1 (20:27):
You know, it's funny, John, because Sandy and I were
talking off air about what the poll question should be
and I said, you know, well, why don't you just
ask the straight question, right, should the United States take
control of Gaza? And she said one hundred to zero?
Like really? And I got to tell you, John, we're like,
what is it now, almost eight o'clock. So far, I

(20:48):
haven't gotten one email, one message. I mean, I'm just
I'm just observing. It's interesting. Not one person has said, yeah, Jeff,
let's take it. So it's just it's interesting, John, thank
you very much much for that call. So John is
basically saying, look, let Jordan take you out. Let Jordan
run it, Let the United Arab Emirates, let Kuwait. Let

(21:08):
let a Muslim, a wealthier Muslim country run it for
ten fifteen years, stabilize, start to rebuild the place, maybe
bring in the UN eventually s peacekeepers. And Trump is
trying to push them in that direction that this is
their strategy and there's art of the deal involved. So

(21:32):
he's not you know, he's not serious. He's not you know,
he's not dead serious about you know, gobbling up Gaza.
He's just trying to get people to move who don't
want to move. Interesting. So that leads us to the
Kooner Country Poll Question of the Day sponsored by Marios
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(21:58):
has called for the United States to take control to
take over Gaza, do you think he's really only doing
this to force Jordan in Egypt to step up to
the plate. In other words, A, he's trolling to get
a result, or B he's serious. So A is he

(22:23):
just trying to force Jordan, Egypt and these other countries
to step up to the plate and finally take care
of the Palestinian issue. Aes or B. No, he's serious,
he wants the Gaza strip. I'm just curious. I'd love
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kuh And in national Eer. Okay, very quickly, brilliant, absolutely
brilliant message from Charles on messenger, and I think he

(23:10):
makes a really good point, Jeff. The United States is
too big as it is. We can't even control California
or Hawaiian judges. How can we control something as far
away as Palestine. The Framers never had fifty states coast
to coast in mind. If anyone says they did, or

(23:31):
that we can do it, just ask where does it stop?
Little states all over the world. We have territories that
aid us right now and we can't control them. Don't
believe me. Spend a day in Springfield. It's one of
the worst cities in the state of Massachusetts. It's all
for Kamala Harris, and it's basically all Puerto Rican. We

(23:53):
can't expand any further. Need more proof of what happens,
Ask yourself, elf, Great Britain tried this, Rome, the Roman
Empire tried this. How did that work out for them? Well,
that's the other thing that was my initial reaction as well,
Charles among you know, other concerns. This is becoming imperial overstretch.

(24:17):
I mean, it's you know, we're talking Greenland, we're talking
Panama Canal, which I support because I believe in the
Monroe doctrine. You know, I do believe we are the
dominant power in the Western Hemisphere and we have the
right to control our destiny here in the Western Hemisphere.
But now we're talking about a small strip of territory
halfway around the world in the Middle East where we've

(24:41):
gotten burned again and again and again. I'm done. Man.
You know, we've got Hawaii, We've got Guam, We've got
Puerto Rico, We've got Guantanamo Bay in the Caribbean on Cuba,
we've got the Virgin Islands. You know, we we're a
very big country with a very big reach. There's only

(25:04):
so much we can swallow and absorb. And I think
I think Charles is right. We're ultimately supposed to be
a republic, not an empire. And to me, this is
the road down an empire. And if you look at
the great empires, none of them lasted six one, seven, two, six,
six sixty eight sixty eight. Agree, disagree. Bob in Marblehead,

(25:30):
Thanks for holding Bob, and welcome.

Speaker 4 (25:33):
Yeah, Jeff. A couple of points. One is I love
what Trump's doing. And basically he's firing for effect, as
we would say, and enable a gunfire support, and all
the artillery guys out there, well know what I'm talking about.
You shake up the opposition, shake him up. And obviously

(25:58):
the devil is in the details.

Speaker 8 (26:00):
On how it's going to how the project gets set up,
my and and it's it's just a colossal project.

Speaker 4 (26:11):
Management deal, and the the idea is to shake up
that part of the world. And that's what he's done.
He's fired for effect, and now you've got to get
to the details to make it work. I mean, my
post naval career, I did project managing commercial and residential,

(26:36):
and I know what it's like, and it takes time,
and it takes coordination and we don't have to take
it over. But it's how the project gets set up.
That's that's how it's going to work. And you know,
you've got to be able to sell those folks, the

(26:57):
Middle East folks. And that's a beautiful part of the
world too. I sailed past that part of the East med.

Speaker 2 (27:06):
We called it.

Speaker 4 (27:08):
The water is very calm, the beaches are beautiful, and
it's it's it is right for development. I mean, Beirut
was the Paris of the Middle the Mediterranean.

Speaker 1 (27:22):
No, you're right, you're right, Bob. Yeah, yeah, Bob. Just
to reinforce what you're saying. And I don't want to
get too off track, but you just to show you,
I think how right you are. I remember, you know
my late dad. Now he passed away as you know,
in late December, but he used to travel all over
the world for his company. He was a very well
traveled man. And one of the places he eventually visited
for his company was Israel. And I'll never forget he

(27:44):
called me up. He would always call me up when
he was on the road. And so at that time,
I was living in Washington, d C. I was at
the Washington Times, and so he called me up and
he said, hey, Jeff, you know I'm in Israel now, like, oh,
how is it Dad? Now? Honestly, honestly, maybe just because
of everything I've read and what I've seen on TV,
I thought it would be a very much you know,

(28:05):
oh it's a very Middle Eastern country. And he said
to me, oh, Jeff, it's gorgeous. What do you mean,
He goes, I'm telling you, I feel like I'm in
Greece or Italy. I go, come on, he goes, No,
I'm telling you I'm in Greece or Italy. He said, Jeff.
The women here dressed so stylishly, the fashion, the restaurants,

(28:29):
the cafes. I could be in Greece, I could be
in Italy. He goes. I'm telling you. The men are handsome,
the women are attractive. He goes. I really feel like
you're in Europe. You're in the you know, the outpost
of Europe, he goes. And the beaches. I've been to
the beaches, he goes. I never thought Israel had such
gorgeous beaches. And I remember thinking, I don't know, I

(28:51):
just you know, I think of soldiers, I think of bombings,
I think of you know, because you know, I'm a newsman, right,
so that's when I think of Israel and you know,
and holy places and stuff like that, and I'm like, really,
he goes, I'm telling you, it's like you're in the
Greek you know, it's like you're in the Greek Islands,
or in Sicily or in Calabria, where he goes, I've

(29:14):
never seen such a beautiful place in my life. And
he says, you got to come. You got a visit.
So anyway, just to reinforce what you're saying, you know,
my dad went to that part of the world and
he said it is stunningly gorgeous. And he came back
saying because then he went to Jordan, he went to
other countries, and he said, the moment you leave Israel,
it's like night and day. The mentality, the worldview. You're

(29:37):
really leaving the West, You're leaving Europe Israel. He said, look, geographically,
it's the Middle East. Culturally it's Southern Europe. It's not
Northern Europe. It's Southern Europe. Okays, he goes, that's what
it really is, and he said, the moment you leave Israel,
it's a different world. And just what you're saying. He goes.
I look around, and the Israelis develop everything. Go to

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all these places, and they're beautiful places. You know, Jordan, Egypt,
the power, you know, the Pyramids and everything. He goes.
He goes, They've got such beautiful land, They've got such history,
such traditions, such culture that goes back thousands of years.
The place should be an absolute palace. It should be
a tourist mecca. He goes. They don't want to develop it.

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He goes, it's the strangest mentality I've ever seen. They're
just not Western. But I completely agree with you. You know,
Trump is Look what Trump essentially did was this. He goes,
Look the way we've been doing it for the last
hundred years, it no work. It's not working. We've hit
a dead end. It's just not there's no there's no solution,

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there's no way out. So you got to change. And
the possibility here is endless. But you got to want
to change.

Speaker 7 (30:57):
Now.

Speaker 1 (30:57):
If you want to change, I'm going to help all
of you change. We're going to make this thing work
in the Middle East. But you've got to want economic development,
You've got to want to prosper you know, you're going,
you have to want to have a certain lifestyle. And
now the ball's in the ball. Now is in Egypt's court,
it's in Jordan's court. Frankly, it's in the Palestinians court.

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And we'll see what they say and do. Bob, I'm
just curious, do you think there are enough Palestinians that
really want to turn Gaza into the riviera of the
Middle East?

Speaker 4 (31:30):
Hey, I think they They want a better life otherwise,
I mean, otherwise they would be insane. They have to
want a better life for their kids. And are said,
it's a beautiful out of the world. I can't imagine
them not wanting it. But it's it's a sales it's

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a sales kind of a job as well. You've got
to show them the possibilities. And you know Trump can
do that and call He did.

Speaker 1 (32:00):
It yesterday, that's for sure. Yeah, he really showed him
the pasta. He showed them an alternative, no question, no
inn away. As Larry mentioned earlier, remember Rocketman, you know,
they set up that whole video show for him, and
you know, and they're you know, and they look at
the beaches you could have in North Korea, look at
the hotels. Look at the casinos. He had a thing

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for blondes, right, rocket Man's got a thing for blondes.
So they even had like blonde blonde women you know,
in bikinis running up and down like you see Huh
you want this, you want this? Uh, you want this. Ultimately,
he's so primitive he didn't take it. But you know,
Trump tried, and I think he's trying now. I agree
with you, Bob. Thank you very very much for that call.

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I really appreciate it. Six one seven two six six
sixty eight sixty eight is the number Bill in New Hampshire.
Thanks for holding Bill, and welcome morning, Joe.

Speaker 3 (32:55):
How are you good?

Speaker 1 (32:56):
How are you? Bill?

Speaker 2 (32:58):
Pretty good?

Speaker 3 (32:59):
Hey?

Speaker 9 (32:59):
I have a co completely different takes from everybody.

Speaker 1 (33:02):
Else on all go ahead. I like that, like different takes.
Go ahead.

Speaker 6 (33:05):
Bill.

Speaker 3 (33:06):
The thing is, what is no one talking about today?

Speaker 1 (33:11):
Well? I was talking about yeah, Elon Musk and USA
USAI d exactly.

Speaker 3 (33:17):
But with Trump. Trump hates wars.

Speaker 2 (33:20):
We all know that.

Speaker 3 (33:21):
But what does he hate more than wars? Terrorists? And
you know that because he just killed some last weekend?

Speaker 1 (33:29):
That's right? Isis now now?

Speaker 3 (33:33):
BB? Has he just even in the in the press
briefing yesterday said that he is going to finish this thing.

Speaker 10 (33:40):
Well, what happens now?

Speaker 3 (33:41):
He just traded what a thousand Hamas.

Speaker 10 (33:45):
Fighters for the return of the hostages. He just gave
them a military division worth a personnel to continue their fight.
Now Trump knows by distracting everybody. So these people are
going to go right back and take up arms against Israel.
So he just replenished their entire fighting parts.

Speaker 2 (34:07):
So what are they gonna do.

Speaker 3 (34:08):
They're gonna break the ceasefire. And when they do that,
now Bebe can go in and kill the ball. We
just we just rearmed him so he could. He said
he's not going to stop till they eliminated. He can't
take these pies people as a civilized nation and kill
them while he has them in prison.

Speaker 10 (34:27):
But if he releases them and they.

Speaker 3 (34:29):
Go out and stop fighting again, now he can kill
all of them. And that's how I think this is
going to go down. Bill.

Speaker 1 (34:36):
I hope you're right. It's a very interesting angle. I
didn't look at it that way, and I hope you're
right because to me, the source of aggression, the source
of all the problems is Hamas. Iran obviously is the
big monster. Uh, they're the you know, the the octopus
with their tentacles everywhere. But if you're looking at this
Israeli Palestinian issue, it's all Hamas who wants Israel annihilated,

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Hamas who attacked Israel on October seventh. Hamas who wants
a holy war for a thousand years against Israel. Hamas
so and Bibi has vowed to wipe them off the
face of the earth. And so basically, if Hamas is destroyed,
utterly obliterated, then he can turn to the Palestinian say

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you want peace. In other words, I've taken care of Hamas.
So do you want to rebuild Gaza?

Speaker 3 (35:31):
Yes?

Speaker 1 (35:31):
Or no? And if the Palestinians say no, we have
our answer. Bill. I'm just curious because this is now.
It's also generating so much. Obviously, whether we should control
it or not, that's what everybody's debating. But the other
thing is that Trump has broken, in sense, a taboo
in Israel. Outside of a few parties on the so

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called far right, you never talk about resettling Palestinians. It's
a big no no. Israeli media never talks about it.
BB for example, never talks about it. Most Israeli politicians
never talk about it because they don't want to be
accused of ethnic cleansing and genocide to resettle and transfer
to the Palestinians. So I'm just curious Bill the fact

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now that Trump has broken that taboo and saying there's
about two million, give or take in Gaza. I think
all of them should go to another country or countries,
or maybe some can stay, but one point seven one
point eight million, basically most of them need to go.

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Was Trump right to broach that taboo? I'm just curious,
what say you?

Speaker 6 (36:44):
Now?

Speaker 3 (36:44):
I think that's all just you know, three DJs.

Speaker 10 (36:46):
He knows those people, those people, that's what they.

Speaker 9 (36:50):
Consider their holy land. They're not leaving that for any reason.
They would rather die in the rubble. And as far
as the rubble goes, then it's just like World War
two in the jar as we blew up all their
buildings and all they did was USEU for cover to
continue the fight.

Speaker 1 (37:06):
Bill, thank you very much for that call. I really
appreciate it. So let me ask all of you, uh yeah,
let's throw this log on the fire. What the hell
is calling for the transfer the resettlement of let's say,
almost two million Palestinians into other countries in the Middle East,

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around the world. Is that a form of ethnic cleansing?
Is it a form of genocide? The reason why I
ask is that's what the hot story is in the
Middle East, in Europe. That's the accusation that they're making
against both Trump and BBI. So, you know, is Trump
just being pragmatic or did Trump cross a line? I'm

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just I want to hear from you. Six one seven
two six six sixty eight sixty eight is the number. Okay,
President Trump shocks the world