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That did not stop him making eyebrow-raising claims that a failure to support his plans would be tantamount to supporting Elon Musk's "populist" agenda.

Trump has continued to talk up the plan in recent days, brushing aside questions not only about its viability in practical terms, but objections from human rights groups and others that it would be tantamount to ethnic cleansing.

Others stress how the idea of permanently displacing Gazans would be tantamount to the liquidation of the Palestinian quest for statehood.

The Palestinian Authority, Hamas and Arab states categorically rejected the proposal, while the UN warned that any forced displacement would be "tantamount to ethnic cleansing".

Jawad Anani, a former deputy prime minister close to the Jordanian government, says King Abdullah's message to Donald Trump at the White House on Tuesday will be clear: "We consider any attempt by Israel or others to push people out of their own houses in Gaza and the West Bank as a criminal act. But any attempt to push those people into Jordan will be tantamount to a declaration of war."