Trump is continuing to outline his vision for U.S. control of Gaza, though is dialing back after widespread rebuke that his first plan would violate international law.

US President Donald Trump’s pitch to transform Gaza into the “Riviera of the Middle East” has provoked outrage, but in retrospect, it was obvious. The idea surfaced last year via his son-in-law, Jared Kushner, and was cemented by Trump’s appointment of a fellow property titan as special envoy to the Middle East.

President Donald Trump’s jaw-dropping statement that he would like the U.S. to take control of and redevelop the Gaza Strip might have sounded like it came from nowhere, but it was in keeping with his new administration’s expansionist ambitions.