President Donald Trump said Saturday he�d like to see Jordan, Egypt and other Arab nations increase the number of Palestinian refugees they are accepting from the Gaza Strip � potentially moving out enough of the population to �just clean out� the war-torn area to create a virtual clean slate.

During a 20-minute question-and-answer session with reporters aboard Air Force One on Saturday, Trump also said he�s ended his predecessor�s hold on sending 2,000-pound bombs to Israel.

Speaking about his conversation with Jordan�s King Abdullah, Trump said, �I said to him I�d love you to take on more because I�m looking at the whole Gaza strip right now and it�s a mess, it�s a real mess. I�d like him to take people.�

Trump also stated his intention to press Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi on the matter. �I�d like Egypt to take people,� he told reporters. �You�re talking about, probably a million and a half people, and we just clean out that whole thing and say, �You know it�s, over.��

�Something has to happen,� Trump said. �But it�s literally a demolition site right now. Almost everything�s demolished, and people are dying there.� He added: �So, I�d rather get involved with some of the Arab nations, and build housing in a different location, where they can maybe live in peace for a change.�

On the possibility of relocating Palestinians, Trump said it could be �temporary or long term,� noting that the region encompassing Gaza has seen �many, many conflicts� over centuries.

Both Jordan and Egypt have consistently rejected such proposals, a stance upheld during President Joe Biden�s administration.

�We released them today,� Trump said of the 2,000 pound bombs. �They�ve been waiting for them for a long time.� Asked why he lifted the ban on those bombs, Trump responded, �Because they bought them.�

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