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Speaker Mike Johnson, R-L., Called the President Donald Trump Proposal to “take over” gauze “brave step” to restore peace in the region.
“Of course, I think yesterday’s announcement, I mean, welcomed the surprise of many, but she cheered, I mean, people around the world,” Johnson said during his weekly press conference on Wednesday.
“Why? Because this area is so dangerous and undertaken a brave, determined action to try to secure the peace of that region.”
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Speaker Mike Johnson welcomed the proposal of President Trump about Gaza as a “brave” move. (Getty Images)
Johnson also noted that the conditions in Gaza were supposed to change to avoid another attack similar to October 7, 2023, when Hamas’s police attacked southern Israel and killed over 1000 people.
However, he stopped fully approved by the action, and later pressed again if he believed that he should now take control of Gaza.
“This is a brave, determined move. And I think you have to do something to eradicate the threat of Israel. Here’s a problem – if you leave Gaza in its current form, there is always a risk of second October. The risk of Iran’s proxy, all these terrorist organizations that are listed, The open goal is to remove Israel as a state, “Johnson said.
US President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu answering questions during a joint press conference, February 4, 2025 (Reuters/Leah Millis)
“So, it just makes sense to make a neighborhood safer. I think it’s logical. I think that follows common sense.”
Trump told reporters, “Now they will take over the gaza tape”, during a press conference together Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Tuesday.
“We will own it and be responsible for dismantling all the dangerous unexplored bombs and other weapons in place,” he said.
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People inspect debris and ruins at the site of the Israeli bombing on a residential block on Jala Street in Gazi on January 14, 2025 in the middle of the war that is underway on the Palestinian territory between Israel and Hamas. (Omar al-Qattaa/AFP via Getty Images)
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Trump said he would “create economic development that will provide an unlimited number of jobs,” and now he will turn the war -torn region in the “Middle East Riviera”.
Johnson said he would discuss this during his own meeting with Netanyahu on Thursday.
