President Donald Trump welcomes King Abdullah of Jordan to the White House

President Donald Trump will welcome Jordan’s King Abdullah II to the White House Tuesday as he escalates pressure on Gaza’s future.

The meeting comes after Trump proposed for the U.S. to take control of Gaza and turn it into the "Riviera of the Middle East" during a joint news conference with Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

Trump suggested that, if necessary, he would withhold U.S. funding from Jordan and Egypt, longtime U.S. allies and among the top recipients of its foreign aid, as a means of persuading them to accept additional Palestinians from Gaza.

Jordan’s foreign minister, Ayman Safadi, said last week that his country’s opposition to Trump’s idea was “firm and unwavering.”

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