Trump says Melania thinks Gaza crisis is 'terrible'

US President Donald Trump said Tuesday that both he and first lady Melania Trump have been deeply affected by the images of famine and starvation coming out of Gaza.

“She thinks it’s terrible,” Trump said of the first lady. “And she sees the same pictures that you see, that we all see. And I think everybody, unless they’re pretty cold-hearted — or worse than that, nuts — there’s nothing you can say other than it’s terrible when you see the kids.”
“And those are kids, you know, whether they talk starvation or not, those are kids that are starving,” he told reporters aboard Air Force One as he traveled from Scotland to Washington, DC.

Trump’s comments come just a day after he announced plans for the United States to establish “food centers” in Gaza, and after publicly pushing back on Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s claim that there is no starvation in the enclave.

“Those children look very hungry,” Trump said Tuesday.