Trump calls his Gaza proposal a simple 'real estate transaction'

U.S. President Donald Trump says his suggestions that Gaza’s residents could be resettled and the area redeveloped for tourism potential has “been very well received” around the globe.

The idea has actually been roundly criticized. But Trump insisted Friday that it was a simple “real estate transaction,” and that the U.S. is in “no rush to do anything.”

The president has suggested resettlement of Gaza’s residents could be permanent -- something that even top members of his own administration have refuted.

But Trump said that, “We don’t want to see everybody move back and then move out in 10 years” because of continued unrest.