How Trump plan to ‘Make Gaza Great Again’ could work – costing BILLIONS & taking 20 years to create ‘Mid East Riviera’

PRESIDENT Trump has announced his shocking plan to take over war-ravaged Gaza and turn it into the "Riviera of the Middle East.". The highly controversial scheme to "Make Gaza Great Again" could see the US troops seizing the enclave and two million Palestinians moved to Egypt and Jordan. Experts believe the scheme that shocked the world could take years to complete and would cost billions and billions of dollars.

The US President described Gaza as a "demolition site" and vowed he would turn it into "something the entire Middle East can be very proud of". But his unprecedented proposition has sparked condemnation as the plan would see residents forced out the enclave. Some of have gone as far as claim Trump's plan to redevelop Gaza would amount to "ethnic cleansing". The scheme has also raised questions over how it could be possible - mainly under what authority would US take control of Gaza.

Despite backlash across the globe, some experts suggested it is a solution that would in fact be welcomed from Palestinians. It is estimated such a plan could take more than 20 years - and would involve the US clearing millions of tons of rubble. Gaza has been left decimated after an Israeli campaign aimed at wiping out the terrorist group Hamas. Colonel Richard Kemp told The Sun: "It’s a logical plan and to my mind plan it’s better than anyplan anyone else has come up with," adding it will take at least a decade to reconstruct Gaza.

He said: "I know it shocked a lot of people- Middle Eastern leaders and European leaders - because of its boldness. "But in many ways as a plan it makes a great deal of sense because Gaza has been virtually completely destroyed as a result of Hamas’s war on Israel.". Trump described envisioning a Riviera of the Middle East - and described levelling the war ravaged towns, removing the bombs, and redeveloping the buildings and providing jobs for Gaza's people.

He describe relocating nearly two million people - and said while Palestinians would be able to return it would "the world's people" who live Gaza. His announcement torpedoed decades of US policy on Gaza - and completely flipped the script on his administration's handling of the ongoing crisis. Arab states rejected his plans - and questions have been raised of their legality in international courts. Kemp told The Sun: "To turn it into a place people can live again it’s going to take probably at least a decade.

"It will probably cost many many billions - but there's many billions in the Middle East so they could contribute to the project.". The jaw-dropping plan was unveiled by Trump during a joint press conference with Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu- the first foreign leader to visit the White House since Don assumed office. Trump said during his speech: "The US will take over the Gaza Strip and we will do a job with it too...we're going to develop it, create thousands and thousands of jobs, and it'll be something that the entire Middle East can be very proud of.".

When asked about US troops entering Gaza, he responded: "As far as Gaza is concerned, we’ll do what is necessary. If it’s necessary, we’ll do that.". Israeli PM Netanyahu praised the Republican saying he was "thinking outside the box with fresh ideas" and was "showing willingness to puncture conventional thinking.". Former Israeli intelligence official Avi Melamed argued that Palestinians would be more than happy to get rid of Hamas's evil regime.

Melamed said Trump's words sent "an enormous shockwave" across the region. He said: "It reshuffled the cards. As you expect and understand, there has been robust responses from across the region. "I would guess that Trump did not out of the blue came up with that statement. "There has been, there will be, discussion with major Arab players involved, who are relevant.". Former Mossad agent Avner Avraham admitted that Israel was surprised to hear Trump's remarks but "was looking forward to see it" and described as the first step to bring peace in the Middle East.

Avner, described the plan as a "creative" idea and said he believes Palestinians would actually welcome it as it would lead to a "normal Palestinian authority". He told The Sun: "It was a big surprise for many people in Israel. "I know for sure that Trump is not looking for war, he's trying to close all the wars between Ukraine and Russia, between Israel and all the countries surrounding Israel. "He doesn't want to see Hamas in Gaza anymore.

"Even the Palestinian authority don't want them because they took over Gaza, and they killed many of the Palestinian authority people. "I feel that most of the people in Gaza became hostages under the Hamas.". Asked how the plan would come to life, he explained the first step would be to relocate Palestinians - possibly to the north of Egypt, towards Sinai. The following step would see the clearing of rubble and gradual reconstruction of Gaza.