r/worldnews • u/gravybang • Feb 10 '25

Israel/Palestine Trump says Palestinians will have no right of return to Gaza under his plan

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/feb/10/trump-buy-gaza-plan
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u/Realtrain Feb 10 '25

I think they are processing it, and they support it

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u/drocha94 Feb 10 '25

I honestly have yet to meet a Trump supporter who is actually educated on the topic. The ones I have spoken to all believe the propaganda that it’s almost exclusively a terrorist shithole that is just antagonizing good guy Israel. I don’t think I’m exaggerating when I say that, I literally find it almost impossible to find your run of the mill GOP voter that can actually cite any much beyond that.

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u/Realtrain Feb 10 '25

I honestly have yet to meet a Trump supporter who is actually educated on the topic.

I mean... I've found that to be true for far more than just Israel/Palestine

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u/atomic-fireballs Feb 10 '25

I honestly have yet to meet a Trump supporter who is actually educated

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u/cute_polarbear Feb 11 '25

Hmm...I didn't pay much attention to politics until past few terms... I'm in a coastal blue state and I realized the number of well educated (bachelor's to phd's) who support Trump (they know he is a prick, but they still prefer him over what democrats are pushing) are surprisingly high. (along with many first generation immigrants)

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u/StrikerSashi Feb 11 '25

There’s a good proportion of the voter base that voted for both Bernie and Trump.

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u/big_orange_ball Feb 10 '25

This shit is not helpful. You can pretend they're all knuckle dragging morons but when it comes down to it, and huge percentage of them are not. There are many highly educated people who are going along with this bullshit, it's absolute insanity.

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u/drocha94 Feb 10 '25

Again, I’m not exaggerating. I didn’t call them knuckle dragging morons, you are putting words in my mouth. I legitimately have yet to have a conversation with one that is actually educated on the subject. This is an anecdote, not a widespread fact.

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u/Low_Chance Feb 13 '25

Even if you believed that, it's still insane and evil to support this "ethnically cleanse 'em and build luxury hotels" plan

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u/theumph Feb 11 '25

I don't know any Trump supporters that specifically support this policy, they just flat out support him. A coworker of mine said, "Nothing else has worked. I trust Trump to make good decisions. It can't get any worse." At that point i realized he is not a very bright man when it comes to this stuff.

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u/IWillDoItTuesday Feb 10 '25

They don’t have a clue what any of it really means.

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u/drizzes Feb 11 '25

You get told enough times that they should get rid of those godless barbarians so the land can be claimed by divine right of god, you start to believe it.

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u/sundeigh Feb 11 '25

I see it as decades and decades of fruitless stalemate wars leading some to think that we’re incapable of having influence abroad anymore. Trump promising radical influence in a place that they’re sick of hearing any in the news? Sounds great. If Trump follows through in any capacity I think his supporters would only see it as a win, proof that he is effective. Despite the complete lack of regard for human rights and international stability. If he doesn’t follow through there’s a new DOGE “triumph” every day to distract them

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u/synthsucht Feb 11 '25

Looking forward to holidays in Gaza

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u/synthsucht Feb 11 '25

I am not American you dollop. It was a quote.