Trump’s Palestinian refugee idea falls flat with Jordan and confounds senator

US President Donald Trump speaks to reporters aboard Air Force One (Mark Schiefelbein/AP)

US President Donald Trump’s push to have Egypt and Jordan take in large numbers of Palestinian refugees from besieged Gaza fell flat with those countries’ governments and left a key congressional ally in Washington perplexed on Sunday.

Fighting that broke out in the territory after ruling Hamas attacked Israel in October 2023 is paused due to a fragile ceasefire, but much of Gaza’s population has been left largely homeless by an Israeli military campaign.