Welcome to meet the press now.

As Washington, U.S. allies, the Middle East, much of the world, and even some inside

President Trump's own administration, try to make sense of his stunning declaration that the U.S. intends to take over the Gaza Strip and transform it into the, quote, Riviera of the Middle East, which would mean locating two million Palestinians living there, likely by force.

There has been swift global pushback, including for much of the Arab world, as well as

from a bipartisan group of lawmakers on Capitol Hill, warning that the idea would be politically

unpopular here at home, unworkable abroad, and disruptive to the delicate ceasefire agreement

between Israel and Hamas, all while also potentially serving as a recruiting tool for terrorists.

The president right now is speaking from the White House at a signing ceremony for an executive

order which would ban transgender women from competing in women's sports.

As of right now, he has not mentioned his plan for Gaza in these remarks.

We are monitoring it, though, and we will bring

you any news as it happens. But the Trump administration is publicly standing firm on the Gaza

offer seemingly daring other countries to come up with a better idea, while Republican

leadership has been cautious to either embrace the president's commitments or avoid criticizing

them.

The fact that nobody has a realistic solution and he puts some very bold, fresh new ideas

out on the table, I don't think should be criticized in any way. I think it's going to bring the

entire region to come with their own solutions if they don't like Mr. Trump's solutions.

I think this is a good development. We have to back Israel 100% and so whatever form that takes, we're interested in having that discussion.

But it's, it was a surprising development, but I think it's one that we'll applaud.

There are a lot of ideas that are coming out to try and address what is clearly a crisis in our region.

We'll see where it lands.

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