President Trump said on Friday that there is "no rush" moving forward with his "Gaza takeover" plan, which he also described as a "real estate transaction" between America and Israel. Why it matters: Trump's comments at the top of his Oval Office meeting with the Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba seem to be putting the brakes on the plan after it stunned the middle East and generated alarm among America's Arab allies.

President Trump wants to broker normal ties between Saudi Arabia and Israel, but his proposal to transfer Palestinians out of Gaza just made that a lot harder.