US President Donald Trump boasted it is the “Greatest and Most Prestigious Board ever assembled at any time, any place.” The body will oversee the transitional government in the war-ravaged Palestinian territory.
Two of the Trump-class ships will be built initially but that number could grow substantially in the future, according to the president, who said they will be “some of the most lethal surface warfare ships” and “the largest battleship in the history of our country.”
Trump made the announcement at his Mar-a-Lago residence in Florida alongside Pentagon chief Pete Hegseth, Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Navy Secretary John Phelan, with images of the planned high-tech vessels on stands nearby. (Photo by ANDREW CABALLERO-RTrump himself will chair the board, which is to have 15 members. The US president said it was the “Greatest and Most Prestigious Board ever assembled at any time, any place.”
The board’s creation comes shortly after the announcement of a 15-member Palestinian technocratic committee to manage post-war Gaza governanceImage: Amir Cohen/REUTERS
US President Donald Trump on Friday announced the names of some of the people who are going to sit on the Gaza “Board of Peace,” a body that will oversee the transitional government in the war-ravaged Palestinian territory.
Among those on the seven-member “founding executive board” are US Secretary of State Marco Rubio, Trump’s special envoy Steve Witkoff, former British Prime Minister Tony Blair, Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner and World Bank President Ajay Banga.
Trump himself will chair the board, which is to have 15 members. The US president said it was the “Greatest and Most Prestigious Board ever assembled at any time, any place.”
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