He's doing it to force Arab leaders in the region to act. He knows that is the last thing they want to see - a Western power taking over land in their back yard.
Soon after he started talking about taking over Gaza and moving Palestinians out to make way for development, heavy equipment and work crews from Egypt and Jordan showed up in Gaza to start clearing rubble and debris. They don't want the citizens of Gaza moving to their countries.
"Right now, the only one who's stood up and said, 'I'm willing to help do it,' is Donald Trump," Secretary of State Marco Rubio said in an interview last week. "All these other leaders, they're going to have to step up. If they've got a better idea, then now is the time."
"Egypt is putting together a comprehensive, phased plan that seeks to rehabilitate Gaza," Egyptian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Tamim Khallaf told CBS News on Wednesday. "The plan will span several years that would entail sequential phases of removing rubble and reconstruction."
"It will be conducted in a way to ensure that Palestinians in Gaza remain in their homeland," said Khallaf, adding that the plan "will be operationally both realistic and workable."
That's the negotiation. President Trump set the baseline expectation that if Egypt, Jordan and others were not going to deal with Gaza, then the US will do it, and you may not like the results. Now, trucks are moving and talks are underway among Arab leaders.
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