International media highlighted that while Abdullah, seated beside Trump, did not directly reject the president’s idea, his discomfort was visibly evident.

As President Donald Trump continues to push a plan for the United States to take control of Gaza and have its Palestinian residents relocate, Jordan's leader made an offer to take a small number of them. At the White House, Jordan's King Abdullah II said he would take about 2,000 Palestinian children with pressing medical needs.

Jordan’s King Abdullah II rejects President Trump’s plan to take control of Gaza and relocate its residents but agrees to take in 2,000 sick Palestinian children for medical treatment

He also said that he did not think Hamas would make the Saturday deadline for hostage release, and if they fail to do so, “all bets are off.”

RAMALLAH, February, 5 2024 (WAFA) – The President of the State of Palestine Mahmoud Abbas met in the capital of Jordan, Amman, with Jordan's King Abdullah II, in the presence of Crown Prince Al Hussein bin Abdullah II.

One week after President Donald Trump shocked the world and announced that the United States should “own” Gaza, the president has a high-stakes White House meeting with King Abdullah II bin al Hussein of Jordan,

The meeting comes at an awkward moment for the Middle Eastern leader, who is trapped between Trump’s explosive plan to take over Gaza and destabilization at home.

President Donald Trump will host Jordan’s King Abdullah II at the White House on Tuesday as he escalates pressure on the Arab nation to take in refugees from Gaza — perhaps permanently — as part of hi

The president suggested he wouldn’t withhold US aid to Jordan or Egypt if they don’t agree to dramatically increase the number of people from Gaza they take in.