Trump threatens to cut aid to Jordan, Egypt

U.S. President Donald Trump says he would consider withholding aid to Jordan and Egypt if they don’t co-operate with his plan to take control of Gaza and resettle the population in the two countries



Trump: Says he would “take over” Gaza Strip to rebuild it, displacing Palestinians to another “permanent place”

Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sissi
Rejects plan and calls for reconstruction of Gaza, but without displacing population

Thousands of Palestinians have fled to Egypt since war with Israel began, but they are not recognised as refugees

Sinai Peninsula
Cairo
Amman
West Bank
Gaza
Pop: 1.9m
EGYPT
JORDAN
SYRIA
SAUDI ARABIA
LEBANON
ISRAEL
60 miles
100km

King Abdullah II of Jordan
Believes Trump’s plan will spread chaos in region and jeopardise kingdom’s peace with Israel

Jordan, where more than half of 12 million population is of Palestinian descent, houses 2.39 million Palestinian refugees

Kingdom is home to multiple U.S. military bases and its security cooperation is vital for Israel, which is concerned about smuggling routes into occupied West Bank

U.S. FOREIGN ASSISTANCE, 2023 ($bn)

Military Economic
Egypt
Jordan
0.28
1.22
1.50
1.26
0.43
1.69
Jordan and Egypt were third and fourth-highest recipients of U.S. foreign aid in 2023

Sources: BBC, Reuters, UNOCHA, ForeignAssistance.gov
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