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US House speaker praises Trump’s Gaza plan as taking ‘bold action’

House Speaker Mike Johnson speaks at the 2025 House Republican Members Conference Dinner at Trump National Doral Miami in Doral, Florida, Jan. 27, 2025. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)
US House Speaker Mike Johnson, a Republican from Louisiana, praises US President Donald Trump’s remarks as taking a “bold action in hopes of achieving lasting peace in Gaza.”
“We are hopeful this brings much needed stability and security to the region,” he writes on X.
Johnson’s comments come after Trump declared his desire for the United States to “take over” and “own” the Gaza Strip, and called for permanently relocating the coastal enclave’s entire population.