Transactional, impulsive and contradictory: How to make sense of Trump's actions on Gaza

What should we make of U.S. President Donald Trump's meeting last week with former Middle East envoy Jared Kushner and former British Prime Minister Tony Blair to discuss the "day after" in Gaza? How do we relate to the just-leaked Gaza reconstruction plan, written to Trump's specifications and includes the "voluntary" evacuation of Palestinians?Could this portend a serious effort to end the Gaza war? Or is this yet another reflection of Trump's transactional, impulsive and often contradictory approach to foreign policy?

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