5,000 Foreign Troops, a New Military Base, and a Gaza Plan Nobody Voted On
Trump is planning a 5,000-troop international military base in Gaza — with Indonesia, Morocco, Albania, Kosovo & Kazakhstan — as the SEC & CFTC launch a joint crypto sprint to make the US "crypto capital of the world."
HIGH ALERT
A U.S.-planned 5,000-troop Gaza military base, a landmark joint SEC/CFTC crypto sprint, an ongoing government shutdown standoff, and a spreading deportation economy make this a highly active afternoon cycle with major foreign policy, economic, and legislative threads all moving simultaneously.
Key Developments
Here's a number that should stop you cold: **5,000 international troops**, potentially stationed in Gaza inside a brand new U.S.-planned military base.
That's the latest development coming out of Trump's Middle East push — and it's moving fast.
According to posts circulating on X Thursday afternoon, **the Trump administration is actively planning a large military installation in Gaza** designed to house troops from five countries: Indonesia, Morocco, Albania, Kosovo, and Kazakhstan.
Think about that coalition for a second.
It's not NATO. It's not the Arab League. It's a hand-picked roster of nations that Trump personally recruited — and it raised immediate questions from analysts watching the region closely.
Khalil Jahshan, a Middle East policy commentator, posted on X: **"Two questions for President Trump as he announces that Indonesia, Morocco, Albania, Kosovo, Kazakhstan will send troops to stabilize Gaza: Is the US joining in? Why? Or why not? It's an impressive list, but has anyone asked Gazans about troops?"**