US President Donald Trump met with Jordan’s King Abdullah II in a closed-door meeting at the White House today. The meeting comes as Trump’s plan to forcibly remove Palestinians in Gaza to Jordan and Egypt was met with condemnation and backlash from the region and beyond. Host Carolyn Beeler speaks with Daoud Kuttab, a Palestinian journalist based in Amman, about how Jordan has been a strong ally to the US and why it perceives Trump’s Gaza plan as a threat.
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