On May 15, Trump said he wants to seize Gaza and create a so-called “freedom zone,” which seems to be his name for a Network State.
“I have concepts for Gaza that I think are very good. Make it a freedom zone,” said Trump. “Let the United States get involved and make it just a freedom zone. I’d be proud to have the United States have it, take it, make it a freedom zone.”
Trump went on to suggest that Gaza is open for the taking since Israel has already destroyed most of it. His proposal for a new city in Gaza came amid media reports that he is considering a plan to remove one million Palestinians from Gaza and ship them to Libya.
“The U.S. will take over the Gaza Strip,” Trump said during a White House press conference with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Feb. 6. “We’ll own it … We have an opportunity to do something that could be phenomenal … the Riviera of the Middle East.”
At the time, Trump shared an AI-generated video that showed a dystopian, futuristic Gaza. It featured a Trump Gaza casino, a golden statue of Trump himself, and multiple shots of dollar bills raining from the sky.
Trump’s fixation on taking Gaza, like his obsession with acquiring Greenland, reveals an alignment with the Network State ideology. But even as the president openly pines to create these strange new territories, the mainstream press still refuses to make the connection.