Jordanian King Abdullah II agrees to accept 2,000 Gaza children as Trump eases off US aid threat
Jordan’s King Abdullah II met with President Donald Trump on Tuesday, announcing that his country would take in 2,000 critically ill children from the war-torn Gaza Strip. However, the discussion quickly turned to a broader issue as Trump pressed the Jordanian leader to accept more Palestinians, suggesting that such a move would allow the United States to claim Gaza without cost.
One of the things that we can do right away is take 2,000 children that are either cancer children or in a very ill state to Jordan as quickly as possible,” Abdullah said during their meeting in the Oval Office. His statement comes just a week after Trump stunned many by suggesting that the U.S. could take over Gaza and transform it into the “Riviera of the Middle East.”
According to reports from New York Post, Trump’s remarks reflect his broader approach to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, which has long been a source of tension in the region. His recent statements suggest that, rather than supporting Palestinian statehood, he envisions a U.S.-led redevelopment of the Gaza Strip. However, his suggestion that neighboring Arab countries like Jordan and Egypt should absorb Gazans has been met with resistance.
The Jordanian government has previously rejected Trump’s proposal to relocate Gazans to Jordan and Egypt, insisting that any long-term solution must focus on Palestinian self-determination rather than displacement. On Tuesday, Abdullah reiterated his country’s position, emphasizing that while Jordan would provide medical care for the children, further action would require coordination with Egypt.
“Then we wait for, I think, the Egyptians,” he said, signaling that Jordan’s role in assisting Gazans would be limited.
The humanitarian crisis in Gaza has worsened in recent months, with thousands of civilians many of them children facing severe shortages of food, medicine, and clean water due to ongoing conflict and an Israeli blockade. Countries across the region have been under increasing pressure to offer aid, but proposals to resettle large numbers of Gazans outside the territory remain deeply controversial.
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