Trump might use tariffs to force Arab countries to admit Palestinian refugees

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President Donald Trump could expand his tariff negotiating strategy to Arab nations should they continue to resist his demands to resettle Palestinian refugees ahead of the Gaza cleanup effort.

Trump’s national security adviser Mike Waltz told the Washington Examiner about the possible tariff plan Wednesday morning, just hours after the president announced alongside Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu that the United States would soon “take over” Gaza.

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