Secretary of State Marco Rubio appeared exasperated and sighed on Tuesday when a reporter asked President Trump about his plans to “take over” Gaza. The president met with the King of Jordan at the White House to discuss his ultimatum of withholding aid from Jordan and Egypt if they don’t comply with his proposal to re-house Palestinians as part of his plan for U.

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio will visit Israel and Arab states in mid-February, a State Department official said, making his first trip to the Middle East after a widely condemned proposal by President Donald Trump to displace Palestinians in Gaza.

People might criticize Donald Trump’s proposal to make the Gaza Strip the “Riviera of the Middle East” with “world-class resorts.” However, Secretary of State Marco Rubio portrays those critics as unwilling to present alternatives to the President’s provocative pitch.

Egyptian Foreign Minister Badr Abdelatty reaffirmed Arab opposition to former U.S. President Donald Trumps plan to relocate Palestinians from Gaza during a meeting with U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio.

By Muhammad Al Gebaly and Kanishka Singh (Reuters) -Egyptian Foreign Minister Badr Abdelatty told U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Monday that Arab states rejected U.S. President Donald Trump's widely condemned plan to displace Palestinians in Gaza and take control of the enclave.