President Trump insisted Thursday that Jordan and Egypt will accept Palestinian refugees displaced from Gaza despite strong objections from the two Arab countries.

Trump's recent proposal to "cleanse" Gaza of its Palestinian population and send them to Jordan and Egypt raised fears that the United States might support the ethnic cleansing of the Strip, but his idea was quickly rejected by Amman, Cairo and the wider Arab world.

Asked Thursday about the Egyptian and Jordanian response to his proposal, Trump said, “They will do it. They will do it. They will do it, OK?! We do a lot for them, and they will do it.”

Trump's calls to remove Palestinians from Gaza have been welcomed by the most hardline elements in the Israeli government who openly support ethnic cleansing and the establishment of Jewish settlements, including Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich, who said he was working to make Trump's vision a reality.

Smotrich and others see their desire for ethnic cleansing as “voluntary migration,” but the Israeli military campaign has left most of Gaza uninhabitable.

Some media reports said the Trump administration has discussed with experts and officials the idea of moving Gazans “temporarily” during reconstruction, but many are likely to be reluctant to leave for fear that Israel will not allow them to return.

Trump’s Middle East envoy, Steve Witkoff, said Thursday that “almost nothing” was left of Gaza, comments he made after visiting the Israeli-controlled Netzarim corridor and surveying the devastation from a helicopter. “People are moving north to go home and see what happened and come back and leave… There’s no water, no electricity. It’s just amazing how much damage there is,” Witkoff told Axios.

Witkoff, a New York real estate investor, said he believed it would take 10 to 15 years to rebuild Gaza. “There was a perception that we could have a solid plan for Gaza in five years. But that’s impossible,” he said. “It’s a 10- to 15-year rebuilding plan.” Witkoff added that it would take five years to demolish and remove the rubble alone. “There’s nothing left standing,” he said. “There’s a lot of unexploded ordnance. It’s not safe to walk there. It’s very dangerous. I wouldn’t know that without going there and looking.”