Stephen A. Smith Slams Trump for ‘Utterly Ridiculous’ Plan to Take Gaza: ‘You Have No Business Doing That!’

Stephen A. Smith believes President Donald Trump called back to his days as a real estate mogul when he stated his plans to take over the Gaza Strip.

Trump on Tuesday shocked the country when — standing next to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu — he revealed that he wants the U.S. to “own” Gaza. As part of this plan, Trump continued, the Palestinians living in the region would be displaced to Jordan and Egypt.

Naturally, this supposed plan was met with a great deal of criticism and outrage. Even some fellow Republicans, including Sen. Lindsey Graham, have been reluctant to support it.

Reacting to the comments on Wednesday’s episode of The Stephen A. Smith Show, Smith suggested that Trump has an ulterior motive.

“He sounded like he was looking to build Trump casinos or Trump hotels or whatever the hell else he’s trying to come up with,” Smith said. “It was utterly ridiculous and I’m going to say that right now, plain and simple.

Smith then said that while he normal avoids talking about the conflict in the region because it’s not in his “lane,” Trump’s comments changed that.

“But when I saw this president speak last night as if he was in the process of facilitating a business deal, that is where my antennas went up and I became incredibly alarmed,” Smith said. “You have no business doing that.

“Do you understand how the Gaza Strip has been ravaged? Do you understand what that area of this world looks like right now in the aftermath of Hamas invading Israel, killing hundreds of people — if not over a thousand — along with other things they are they are alleged to have done? [Do] you have any idea? Have you seen the footage? Have you seen the wreckage? It’s been reduced to rubble. It’s [uninhabitable] right now. And I get that part, but to go out there and to say that they should just leave, that doesn’t even begin to say irresponsible.”