President Donald Trump and Secretary of State Marco Rubio are expected to meet with Jordanian King Abdullah II today at 11:30 a.m. ET in the Oval Office.
The leaders are expected to discuss Trump’s repeated calls for Egypt and Jordan to resettle Gazan refugees into permanent communities in their countries paid for by wealthy Arab countries.
The meeting comes just a week after Trump met with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and announced his plans to relocate Gazans and for the United States to take ownership of the Gaza Strip.
Both Jordan and Egypt have repeatedly refused the proposal publicly. Jordanian foreign minister, Ayman Safadi, said forcibly displacing Palestinians in Jordan would be a “declaration of war.”
“If there are any attempts to forcibly displace Palestinians to Jordan, we will confront them with all our capabilities, and this is a declaration of war for…
