WASHINGTON (AP) — Top officials in President Donald Trump’s administration have contradicted some of his recent comments about the United States taking long-term control of Gaza. They also have played down the possibility of sending in U.S. troops and permanently resettling Palestinians amid rebuilding efforts that American interests might lead but U.S. taxpayers would not necessarily pay for.

Trump’s remarks Tuesday night set off alarm in Arab countries and even among some of his Republican allies. The uproar led Secretary of State Marco Rubio and White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt to try to walk back the comments a day later.

Then Trump took to his social media platform Thursday to insist that the U.S. could take over Gaza without needing to send in troops. He suggested that Gaza’s residents would be resettled elsewhere in the Mideast as American interests “slowly and carefully begin the construction of what would become one of the greatest and most spectacular developments of its kind on Earth.”

Trump hardly seems to be retreating from his original sentiments. In fact, it appears he is attempting to walk back some of his administration’s own walk-back.

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