White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said the president wouldn’t commit to placing U.S. troops on the ground in Gaza as part of the rebuilding effort. (Evan Vucci/The Associated Press)
Leavitt said that Trump is an "outside-of-the-box thinker" who is "a visionary leader who solves problems that many others, especially in this city, claim are unsolvable."
The announcement sparked backlash though from Democratic lawmakers, to leaders of Palestinian militant group, Hamas.
"What President Trump stated about his intention to displace the residents of the Gaza Strip outside it and the United States' control over the Strip by force is a crime against humanity," a senior Hamas official told Fox News on Wednesday.
Here are some other actions Trump took his second week in office:
Trump also reinstated his "maximum pressure" campaign against Iran, instructing the Treasury Department to execute "maximum economic pressure" upon Iran through a series of sanctions aimed at sinking Iran’s oil exports.
Trump said Tuesday that he was "torn" about signing the order and admitted he was "unhappy to do it," noting that the executive order was very tough on Iran.
"Hopefully, we're not going to have to use it very much," Trump told reporters Tuesday.
Trump later told reporters in a joint press conference with Netanyahu that he believes Iran is "close" to developing a nuclear weapon, but that the U.S. would stop a "strong" Tehran from obtaining one.
TRUMP REINSTATES ‘MAXIMUM PRESSURE’ CAMPAIGN AGAINST IRAN
Secretary of the Treasury Scott Bessent said the sovereign wealth fund would be created within the next 12 months. (Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/AFP via Getty Images)
"I think it’s going to create value and be of great strategic importance," Bessent told reporters Monday.
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Bessent and Commerce Secretary nominee Howard Lutnick are instructed to devise a plan in the next 90 days for the creation of the fund, according to the White House. The proposal will include recommendations on funding mechanisms, investment strategies, fund structure and a governance model.
More details on the sovereign wealth fund were not immediately available, and it's unclear whether Congress will sign off on it.
Fox News’ Greg Norman contributed to this report.
Diana Stancy is a politics reporter with Fox News Digital covering the White House.
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