On Monaco – Amir Tibon in Haarez:
‘In his press conference with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Trump spoke about the United States taking over Gaza, cleaning the massive amount of rubble created during the war and rebuilding it as a Monaco-style Riviera on the Mediterranean coastline. In his view, this will also require relocating its 2 million people to other countries.’
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‘Even the pro-Trump Fox News channel raised this question on Tuesday after his press conference with Netanyahu. It wondered how an American takeover of Gaza makes sense for an administration that has promised to slash government spending, with the emphasis being on money spent overseas.’
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‘Perhaps his one other option is to ask Musk himself – whose fortune is larger than that of many world governments – to write a modest check for $10 or $20 billion. In the brave new world we now live in, even this outlandish idea shouldn't be ruled out.’
Read the article here.
Gaza might become Muskland or Muskonia.
He might be willing to write a check.
Gaza first, space later. Or the other way around.