His pushback came after President Trump insisted Tuesday that the United States has the authority to “take” Gaza.

The push by Trump has turbocharged a reckoning over Jordan’s reliance on U.S. aid and revived existential questions over the country’s identity.

President Donald Trump said Palestinians will not have the right to return to their homes in the Gaza Strip under his proposal for U.S. ownership of the territory in a Fox News interview, describing Gaza as "a beautiful piece of land" and "a future real estate development."