Article in Media Matters by Noah Dowe, 2/6/23
Headline: “Right-wing media defend Trump’s call to “take over” Gaza and expel Palestinians”
Subhead: “Fox host Jesse Watters: Trump “can finally bring peace and prosperity and seaside condos” to Gaza”
“On Tuesday, during a joint press conference with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, President Donald Trump said the United States “will take over” and take “ownership” of Gaza, displacing its population and redeveloping it into “the Riviera of the Middle East.”
“Right-wing media immediately justified — and, in some cases, outright endorsed — Trump’s statements, with some figures arguing Palestinians and others in the region “should be grateful” and declaring that “the strategic goal in Gaza is now and has always been ethnic cleansing.” Others argued Trump was “negotiating” or “playing four-dimensional chess” by “just kind of floating an idea.”