In a shift of rhetoric, White House press secretary Leavitt said Trump has not committed to putting U.S. troops on the ground in the Gaza Strip and that he only wants to see temporary resettlement of Palestinians.

Mr. Trump’s America First vision is a one-way street that erects walls to keep immigrants out but demands other territories give way to American security concerns, or development whims.

President Donald Trump suggested Tuesday during a news conference with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu that displaced Palestinians in Gaza be permanently resettled elsewhere and proposed the U.S. take “ownership” in redeveloping the area into “the Riviera of the Middle East.”