King Abdullah II, a close U.S. ally dependent on aid from Washington, is confronting the president’s demands that he take in Palestinians from Gaza, a step the king’s domestic politics will not allow.

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,

Jordan’s King Abdullah II and Crown Prince Hussein bin Abdullah arrived at the White House Tuesday to meet with President Trump as he tries to convince the Middle Eastern country to take in refugees from Gaza.