The region has become a hot spot for the family’s business. Jared Kushner, the president’s son-in-law, noted last year that “Gaza’s waterfront property could be very valuable.”

President Donald Trump’s first major step on Middle East policy when he first took power in 2017 was to repudiate the decades-old U.S. position that peace required the creation of a viable Palestinian state – to visiting Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s apparent delight.

Deputy presidential Mideast envoy Morgan Ortagus outlines President Donald Trump's priorities with Iran on 'The Story.'

There are two ways to view President Trump's epic, historic, shockingly unexpected declaration Tuesday evening that the U.S. should seize, control, develop and hold "a long-term ownership position" in war-destroyed Gaza.