# OMGosh, FFOTUS just announced US to sponsor ethnic cleansing in Gaza **URL:** \ **Category:** Politics & Elections\ **Created:** [February 5, 2025, 1:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omgosh-ffotus-just-announced-us-to-sponsor-ethnic-cleansing-in-gaza/1013898 "2025-02-05T01:17:37Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Kitten\_Mitten](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b782af/32.png) [@Kitten\_Mitten](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kitten_Mitten)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2025, 1:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omgosh-ffotus-just-announced-us-to-sponsor-ethnic-cleansing-in-gaza/1013898/1 "2025-02-05T01:17:37Z")
At first I was just surprised when he said that Oct 7 would have never happened if he had been president, he actually said it twice. But then he said the US will occupy Gaza, move out all the Palestinians to a number of other countries, and then rebuild it as the riviera of the Middle East. Un-freaking=believable. ---
**Author:** ![Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/elmer_j.fudd/32/1211_2.png) [@Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elmer_J.Fudd)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2025, 1:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omgosh-ffotus-just-announced-us-to-sponsor-ethnic-cleansing-in-gaza/1013898/2 "2025-02-05T01:32:08Z")
The theory being floated is that Trump is using this batshit crazy headline bait to distract from today’s news of the retaliatory tariffs China just slapped on the US. ---
**Author:** ![Ellecram](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellecram/32/18948_2.png) [@Ellecram](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ellecram)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2025, 1:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omgosh-ffotus-just-announced-us-to-sponsor-ethnic-cleansing-in-gaza/1013898/3 "2025-02-05T01:32:58Z")
All part of the distraction ---
**Author:** ![Der\_Trihs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/der_trihs/32/233_2.png) [@Der\_Trihs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Der_Trihs)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2025, 1:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omgosh-ffotus-just-announced-us-to-sponsor-ethnic-cleansing-in-gaza/1013898/4 "2025-02-05T01:33:54Z")
Or he actually means it, a real estate scam at other people’s expense is very Trumpian. Plus it hurts Muslims, which will please his base. ---
**Author:** ![WOOKINPANUBv.2](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wookinpanubv.2/32/3260_2.png) [@WOOKINPANUBv.2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WOOKINPANUBv.2)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2025, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omgosh-ffotus-just-announced-us-to-sponsor-ethnic-cleansing-in-gaza/1013898/5 "2025-02-05T01:45:16Z")
> [@Kitten\_Mitten](#): > > At first I was just surprised when he said that Oct 7 would have never happened if he had been president, he actually said it twice. But then he said the US will occupy Gaza, move out all the Palestinians to a number of other countries, and then rebuild it as the riviera of the Middle East. Un-freaking=believable. So gross, like every other turd that gets pushed out his pie hole. So the neighboring countries have just changed their minds? Wow, the surviving Palestinians must be over the moon; involuntarily(?) shipped out of their home land to places that don’t want them? Everything is so asinine one can’t tell which are the “actual harebrained ideas” and which are the “distractions”. ---
**Author:** ![Atamasama](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atamasama/32/12961_2.png) [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2025, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omgosh-ffotus-just-announced-us-to-sponsor-ethnic-cleansing-in-gaza/1013898/6 "2025-02-05T01:45:58Z")
> [@Kitten\_Mitten](#): > > But then he said the US will occupy Gaza, move out all the Palestinians to a number of other countries, and then rebuild it as the riviera of the Middle East. As I told my wife when she reported his declaration, I said it might be a while because he first said the US would take over Panama, Greenland, and Canada. ---
**Author:** ![Zakalwe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zakalwe/32/270_2.png) [@Zakalwe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zakalwe)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2025, 1:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omgosh-ffotus-just-announced-us-to-sponsor-ethnic-cleansing-in-gaza/1013898/7 "2025-02-05T01:48:44Z")
> [@Atamasama](#): > > because he first said the US would take over Panama, Greenland, and Canada. That’s where he plans to move them! I wish I was kidding… ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2025, 1:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omgosh-ffotus-just-announced-us-to-sponsor-ethnic-cleansing-in-gaza/1013898/8 "2025-02-05T01:53:11Z")
His dance card is filling up fast. When will he have time to: Tweet Suck up diet Coke Order Mickey Ds Talk to Fox Sign checks for his dumbass kids Sign checks for Melanias charge accounts and facials. Pay to keep Barron in school and in the best clubs Watch OnlyFans Watch the Kardashians? ---
**Author:** ![wguy123](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wguy123/32/3161_2.png) [@wguy123](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wguy123)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2025, 1:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omgosh-ffotus-just-announced-us-to-sponsor-ethnic-cleansing-in-gaza/1013898/9 "2025-02-05T01:56:12Z")
Did not have this on my bingo card, but it definitely fits his recent imperialism push. US will expand into Canada, Panama, Greenland, and Gaza. Who will be next? ---
**Author:** ![filmore](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/7993a0/32.png) [@filmore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/filmore)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2025, 2:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omgosh-ffotus-just-announced-us-to-sponsor-ethnic-cleansing-in-gaza/1013898/10 "2025-02-05T02:42:36Z")
There was a shift in the Muslim voters away from Harris because of Biden’s position on the Gaza situation. I wonder how those voters are feeling now. A hard lesson to learn about American politics. > **[Opinion | How Trump won the biggest Muslim-majority city in America](https://www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnbc-opinion/trump-harris-arab-muslim-voters-dearborn-michigan-rcna179385)** > > Dearborn, Michigan didn’t come close to swinging the election, but Kamala Harris' humiliating loss there says a lot about her campaign's failures. ---
**Author:** ![crowmanyclouds](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crowmanyclouds/32/19884_2.png) [@crowmanyclouds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/crowmanyclouds)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2025, 2:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omgosh-ffotus-just-announced-us-to-sponsor-ethnic-cleansing-in-gaza/1013898/11 "2025-02-05T02:44:39Z")
> [@filmore](#): > > I wonder how those voters are feeling now. My money is firmly on ‘Why aren’t the Democrats stopping this?’ ---
**Author:** ![Apodder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/apodder/32/17727_2.png) [@Apodder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Apodder)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2025, 3:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omgosh-ffotus-just-announced-us-to-sponsor-ethnic-cleansing-in-gaza/1013898/12 "2025-02-05T03:30:19Z")
You forgot golf. ---
**Author:** ![aurora\_maire](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aurora_maire/32/328_2.png) [@aurora\_maire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aurora_maire)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2025, 3:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omgosh-ffotus-just-announced-us-to-sponsor-ethnic-cleansing-in-gaza/1013898/13 "2025-02-05T03:35:06Z")
Dreams of Trump-branded condos swimming in his head. > [@](#): > > “I feel very differently about Gaza than a lot of people. I think they should get a good, fresh, beautiful piece of land, and we get some people to put up the money to build it and make it nice and make it habitable and enjoyable,” Trump told reporters on Tuesday. But… > [@](#): > > “They are not going to want to go back to Gaza,” Trump later said about his proposal. I guess they will just be too happy living in their new lands. Or can’t afford that beachside apartment. [Trump suggests permanently displacing Palestinians from Gaza | Reuters](https://www.reuters.com/world/palestinians-have-no-alternative-leaving-gaza-trump-says-2025-02-04/) ---
**Author:** ![Monty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/monty/32/47_2.png) [@Monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monty)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2025, 3:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omgosh-ffotus-just-announced-us-to-sponsor-ethnic-cleansing-in-gaza/1013898/14 "2025-02-05T03:40:45Z")
What’s FFOTUS? ---
**Author:** ![Sylvanz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/fbc32d/32.png) [@Sylvanz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sylvanz)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2025, 4:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omgosh-ffotus-just-announced-us-to-sponsor-ethnic-cleansing-in-gaza/1013898/15 "2025-02-05T04:04:56Z")
I know this is dumb, but if we’re going to put a bunch of money into Gaza, we should fix it for Palestinians. I’m well aware that this doesn’t fit trump’s agenda, but I think that would be a decent use of our tax money. Some playground for the rich on the other hand … that’s a hard NO. ---
**Author:** ![Mark\_Finn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/34f0e0/32.png) [@Mark\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mark_Finn)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2025, 4:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omgosh-ffotus-just-announced-us-to-sponsor-ethnic-cleansing-in-gaza/1013898/16 "2025-02-05T04:11:09Z")
If Egypt nor Jordan want the Gazans - how about the USA? Plenty of room, and it would be a humanitarian gesture. ---
**Author:** ![China\_Guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/779978/32.png) [@China\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/China_Guy)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2025, 4:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omgosh-ffotus-just-announced-us-to-sponsor-ethnic-cleansing-in-gaza/1013898/17 "2025-02-05T04:15:33Z")
The logic is solid. Since most of Gaza has been destroyed (by the Israeli’s), then the best solution is to move the Gazan’s out. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2025, 4:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omgosh-ffotus-just-announced-us-to-sponsor-ethnic-cleansing-in-gaza/1013898/18 "2025-02-05T04:19:46Z")
> [@Monty](#): > > What’s FFOTUS? First Felon Of The United States ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2025, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omgosh-ffotus-just-announced-us-to-sponsor-ethnic-cleansing-in-gaza/1013898/19 "2025-02-05T18:27:14Z")
3 posts were merged into an existing topic: [DLKeur posts](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dlkeur-posts/1013927/16) ---
**Author:** ![chappachula](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/d2c977/32.png) [@chappachula](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chappachula)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2025, 4:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omgosh-ffotus-just-announced-us-to-sponsor-ethnic-cleansing-in-gaza/1013898/20 "2025-02-05T04:20:53Z")
I wonder if this might actually be a truly historic moment: the beginning of the end of Trump. Even the craziest Maga fanatics will finally have to admit that their Dear Leader is wrong. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omgosh-ffotus-just-announced-us-to-sponsor-ethnic-cleansing-in-gaza/1013898.md?page=2)