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By ZEKE MILLER and SAM MAGDY WASHINGTON©2025 GPlusMedia Inc.
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Underworld
Just stop talking Donald. You are embarrassing yourself and your country.
Tamarama
This makes things a little awkward for the pro-US posters on JT that constantly tell us that the US is manipulating and interfering in different parts of the world for the sake of 'democracy', and 'freedom', doesn't it.
The same folk who tell all and sundry that countries like China are 'aggressive' and 'threatening', whilst the US is the badged up world sherriff on a white horse.
Talk about egg on your face now. Wow.
No discerning individual who has a wider knowledge of US global manoeuvrings has ever sucked on that US-is-the-world-policeman Kool Aide bottle, but now, you have a rogue and unfiltered President who won't be silences by the brylcreem, pin striped spin doctors of Washington, and doubles down on his abject disregard of the natives of Palestine.
It's like the good ol' European colonial days, ay?
deanzaZZR
We need a weekly update of territories under consideration for annexation by the USA.
I believe our current list is Canada, Greenland, Panama and Gaza. Did I miss anything?
Yrral
Trump is crazy,he has no logic circuit breaker
ok1517
All had some 80 years ago!
Then "they" were also "resettled", deported to ghettoes.
And at least some of us should still know what happened after that.
Donald's Germany 1941 Ver 2.0 in full progress.
Never again - they said! RESIST! Fight against it with all legal means!
I'veSeenFootage
Imagine openly calling for the actual ethnic cleansing of over 2 million people.
Of course, his rabid fans will start claiming that those 2 million people, women, children and babies included, are all hamas members, which is as insane as it reads.
sakurasuki
So someone can take right to live in certain place, just like that?
Raw Beer
It's funny how they continue to call it his plan, when it's clearly Bibi's (and Kuchner's) plan.
I like most of what Trump has been doing, but when it comes to israel...
bass4funk
Basically, they want to stop terrorism at its fundamental root. This is a good thing, be more scrutinizing who can and who cannot come back.
Primusinter
And these people are teaching Russians how to deal with the Kiev Nazi regime. Or is it a different thing? A, bass4funk?
bass4funk
Oh, here we go…lol
Tamarama
What about Israeli 'terrorism'? Are they trying to stop that too?
Fos
And we need the sheriffs in Wall Street, or the usual estate agents in New York, most likely part of the Trump's accolade, to come up with a development/peace plan?
Wick's pencil
They should relocate the Israelis to the US. That will bring peace in the Middle East.
deanzaZZR
Does TrumpLand get the Gaza Gas Field? We all know from the Syria experience that the man loves oil.
plasticmonkey
Trump isn’t only proposing moving Palestinians out. He also wants to bar them from returning.
Which means Israelis only.
See what Miriam Adelson’s $100 million can buy?
Michael Machida
What the Don is doing - is basically the oldest magic trick in the book.
Look here! Look! Look! Look! Here!
Not what I am doing with Project 2025.
JJE
This sort of heinous conduct is shocking. It makes Russia's special military operation look virtuous by comparison: they wanted the treasure of the decent people on that land and to protect them.
By comparison, this is collaboration on indiscriminate mass-destruction, genocide, punitive policies fully enabled by Biden/Trump - followed by forcible dispossession of any remaining decent locals and a cynical land grab with no legal basis.
Politik Kills
Vindictiveness, cruelty, spite, and revenge. This is the Republican agenda.
theFu
Not a good look for the US. Stealing land is something most countries have in their histories, including the US. It cannot be allowed to happen again unless there are 2.1M "willing sellers". If they aren't willing sellers, then it is theft.
I suspect Trump has a bunch of magic beans he wants to trade for their land?
Ah_so
Superbly put. Watching others defend their cult leader's brazen call for ethnic cleansing in eye opening, albeit not surprising.
dbsaiya
What say you, Dearborn, Michigan?
Alfie Noakes
Genocide from Biden's Democrats, Arabrein from Trump's Republicans. It's the Fourth Reich.
itsonlyrocknroll
Netanyahu asked why West Bank is missing from map by Sky News | Israel-Hamas war
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VGvFM_nejUo&t=46s
Gaza is a waste land, uninhabitable, mounds of rubble.
The terrorism, atrocities Hamas Hezbollah despot Islamic regime Iran have perpetrated condemned the people of Palestine is one of the most despicable unthinkable betrayals in centuries of religious Islamic fundamentalism the insatiable need to eradicate, yes, exterminate the Jewish people/state.
What the global community could be witnessing is a final conclusion, a decisive conflict, festering over hundreds of years being brought to an end.
The end is likely to be ugly horrific, I suspect the Islamic dictatorship of Iran will attempt to duck dive swerve, moderates will use every means to prevent the inevitable.
Yet the political agenda is being dominated lead decisively by Netanyahu.
Joe Biden indecisions, his half in half out foreign policy gave Netanyahu valuable breathing space to extend the war to Hezbollah.
President Trump forever the opportunist senses a means to leverage a deal, "Donald of Arabia"
Ooh! It damn well 'urts!
Certainly it hurts, the trick, William Potter, is not minding that it hurts.
Trump administration will provide the means politically militarily diplomatically to bring the Mullahs to fully realise there devastating foolish misjudgement blunder.
Bob Fosse
He’s really lost it. I feel sorry for his aides, almost.
Ken
The interesting part about the Americans who aren't Maga is we don't need to be told by Musk what is right or wrong. America is on that colonizer bull right now, and even in the past I didn't think it was a good idea sending Israel weapons for them to kill more civilians and destroy more schools, hospitals and safe zones. But yeah I don't support America going back to its colonizer roots, this is why we can't forget history
ClippetyClop
A ghetto perhaps, sir?
Trump has arrived at his 'Final Solution' within his first month.
Already working on a little bit of Lebensraum too.
wallace
Cleansing cleaning was the Netanyahu and Trump plan all along. The Saudi Arabians and others will never allow it to happen. The mass expulsion of 2 million people. It has not happened since the Jews in Nazi Germany.
geronimo2006
Rather than help rebuild people's lives he wants to kick them out and grab their land for himself. Can't get Canada or Greenland - take Gaza instead. This sums up Donald Trump. Shocking, inhumane, ludicrous, very stupid and definitely illegal. He is more than just a total embarrassment to the US. He is leading to the loss of US credibility, inluence and power as others will refuse to work with him. As for the Palestinians going along with it or Arab states helping him fulfill his fantasies - time for a reality/head check.
banger
US needs to understand that it’s not good with occupation…. Every time false flag ops ended in bloody nose Vietnam/iraq/Afghanistan to name a few.
All military hardware is good for chest thumping but ground realities are too harsh and hard.
if trump goes ahead say good buy to Taiwan too .
what will US do after trump term ended? It will be difficult to trust US administration anymore. Just look how US ended after first term.
BRICS is coming more powerful / China influence is increasing no matter who you put it. Just to name a few .
btw how about moving Israel to other us states perhaps Alaska? Or going back to Poland/ukarine?
GuruMick
Rocknrol with more hasbarra rubbish....how does a Hamas militia with zero tanks, zero APC. zero navy, zero airforce, zero artillery , EXPECT to annihilate the most powerful military in the Middle East and funded by the most powerful military in the world.
And oh, Israel has nuclear weapons as well
You cant answer this can you....because you are an Israeli shill
bass4funk
Rebuilding Gaza is more than helping them.
That’s a different and nowhere near completed yet
Nothing illegal, otherwise he would have been impeached
Most of us who voted for him don’t think so.
I think the U.S. is more credible because Trump was always transparent during his rallies and telling us what he was going to do, so this is a shock to only those who hate the guy and didn’t watch or hear what he was going to do once in office. Well, look, Trump said, if other Arab nations won’t help and take in their fellow brethren, he will impose sanctions or withhold funding, so they need to think really hard how they will proceed with this.
funkymofo
Once again, forced relocation is a war crime. None of the countries in the area, including Egypt and Jordan will take any Palestinians. Another unhinged fantasy- this one fed to him by Netanyahu, the genocidal war criminal.
Tokyo Guy
A little patience is called for here. He contradicts himself non-stop, so sooner or later he'll reverse this stance as well.
bass4funk
Hamas terrorizing its own citizens is a crime against humanity, thoughts?
They won’t get aid then and that threat alone will change their minds
How would you know this? How? You overheard their conversations?
ClippetyClop
No, it's not, because they can't go back there. Trump won't let them. Read carefully Trump's words;
" said “No, they wouldn’t” when asked if Palestinians in Gaza would have a right to return to the territory."
GuruMick
OK...plan put out there...now....how will it happen. ?
1/International war crime to forcibly displace people.
2/Refugees have a legal "right of return "
3/Neighboring states say no.
How will this plan happen in practice.
Is this the sort of reasoning that has seen Trump bankrupted so many times.?
Lots of promises...no plans to back them up.
Palestinian people will be there , on their soil, long after Trumps term is finished.
funkymofo
Whatabout whatabout whatabout- forced relocation, or ethnic cleansing if you prefer, is a war crime.
He couldn't find any of the countries on a map- someone mentions money and trump starts salivating like a Pavlovian dog.
wallace
Jordan has more than 3 million Palestinian refugees and could not cope with any increases in those.
After Gaza, the West ban will be next.
itsonlyrocknroll
Good morning GuruMick,
Let Netanyahu/Trump answer for me.
On Cam: Netanyahu Reacts To Trump's Gaza Ownership Change Announcement | Israel | USA | Hamas | Arab
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IpVf2f6fYNk
Mick, power, real power, beyond just influence, in every historic military, even global confrontation cannot will never abide accept an inconclusive political vacuum, a scenario that does not allow the victor be seen to irradicate an enemy.
Compromise, could have "left the building", what we are witnessing, Hamas hesitancy, in fulfilling its obligation to release more hostages to the agreed schedule could well provide more leverage for Netanyahu to resume the war.
Trump will be lock step on hand to make this all happen.
This action could also present a warning to Putin, Europe, China, Trump can never be second guessed.
Biden sent Blinken, Trump has not even left Airforce one, oval office, not even one hundred days, and we have mayhem.
wallace
Trump does not care about the Palestinians or a two-state solution. Gaza would be a real estate deal and development without any benefit to the current occupiers.
WoodyLee
The New Occupier.
Bibi promised Trump a piece of Gaza and now trump wants it so bad, this must be the joke of the century,
Hamas will be more than happy to host trump the new Occupier.
didou
Trump by his policies is just starting the US decline.
Fos
And here we come, the usual manipulation of narrative, with the propaganda pro US, totally missing the point (Iran?), desperately trying to justify the wrongs of the past and present US administrations. Until when will independently run media will be dominated by these double standards and hypocritical views? And what is in it for them?
WoodyLee
Greedy Trump want a piece of Gaza now, so who is next Ukraine, Greece, Italy, The Philippine, Japan, S. Korea, and the list goes on and on.
bass4funk
Relax, both Trump and Bibi said they could and would.
YES, he said, they can’t come back now, now in the current state that it’s in, but once it’s rebuilt they can.
GuruMick
Rocknroll...Having trouble understanding your first 2 paragraphs.
I,ll dumb things down, move from the middle ages to today...
"What is the right, just , thing to do ?' "
Do we abandon international laws and standards of behaviour to suit one side.
And in your first post you claimed Israel was "at risk of annihilation "......now you are going down the "might is right " path.
Whatever, this Trump plan will not work for a number of reasons...here are a couple
1/It is illegal. The US is signatory to treaties that would prevent it .US Courts will uphold these.
2/Arab countries will not allow it how do you force 2 million people into another nation...and no Donny, "aid " is not a leverage in matters like this and when the Arab countries know you are POTUS for four years only.
3/US allies in Asia, EU, everywhere will do what they can to stop a forced displacement.
Don likes to create chaos and walk away....this is bigger.
bass4funk
He said, he does, but he also said, he loathes Hamas
I disagree
kiwiboy
Didn't Palestinians vote for him droves, unhappy with how Biden was dealing with Israel? I wonder what they think now.
The moral of the story: Trump might seem all fine and good - until he, seemingly overnight, does a flip, putting an issue you feel is important in his crosshairs.
While I disagree with many of his policies, I am interested to see what he does with a few others. But I don't trust him. He could change his mind tomorrow on any of the few policies I'm interested to see implemented - and that's not a quality of a good politician - certainly not of the leader of the free world.
isabelle
Another day, another horror show from Trump.
The only good thing is that we're one day closer to the end of his term (if he doesn't change the Constitution).
China is aggressive and threatening.
That doesn't stop being the case, even with an aggressive and threatening Trump in the White House.
Great Bird
There were Palestinian-Americans or Arab-Americans who were unhappy with Biden?
Bob Fosse
If they can’t return?
Read the article, just once.
Can I come to your house, take a dump on the carpet, kick you out and move in myself? I’d be ‘more than helping’ you.
WoodyLee
Hamas accused Israel of not comp[lying with the agreement. and Colonial Trump just threatened the return to war if the hostages are not released by 12 noon Sat.
So much for the peace maker.
itsonlyrocknroll
GuruMick, I appreciate your dumbing down for me.
I think you agree with my sentiment, through clenched jaw, gritted teeth.
Your points of international law are perfectly valid, commendable, yet the ICC, UN is left floundering in Trump wake.
The EU, global community, usual suspects governments of China Russia will throw a tantrum to end all tantrums, they will stamp feet, bellow away like big girls blouses.
But!
A soon to be indisputable fact will remain, none have a policy or any clue idea how to deal or approach Donald Trump presidency.
The more they push the more Donald Trump provokes antagonises.
wallace
Even before Trump's Gaza statement, Netanyahu has always said Palestinians leaving Gaza or Israel will not be allowed to ever return.
"People will have 'no alternative' but to leave territory after the destruction left by Israel, the US president said in a Fox interview."
Trump said he wants to "buy" Gaza. The cost would be higher than the money he has.
Capuchin
Are you sure you didn't intend to say 'solution' and not 'conclusion'?
Not if you ethnically cleanse them from Gaza and then prevent their return. You did read the headline right?
So how would Palestinians benefit from the redevelopment of Gaza if they been forcibly removed from it?
TokyoLiving
The more stupidities this psycho narcissistic terrorist do, the more damage will do against US..
The world will reject US and will embrace Rusia, China and BRICS..
iknowall
Trump says there will be no right of return for Palestinians in Gaza under his plan for U.S. 'ownership'
This makes perfect sense. There are many countries to which the occupying Arabs of Gaza can return,
That will be the most peaceful solution in the Middle Area, rather than allowing terrorists to occupy land next to the most democratically advanced country in the region, Israel.
itsonlyrocknroll
Fos, as you can probably sense, commentators agree with my views on most subject on JT.
Ho hum
But "manipulation of the native?"
My opinion is purely a simpletons sentiment in comparison to the Russian Chinese polished propaganda.
Never the less, still toxic and poisonous
iknowall
Egypt on Monday reiterated its rejection to the transfer of Palestinians from their territories in Gaza and the occupied West Bank, warning that such proposals threaten “the foundations of people” in the Middle East.
What happened to the support for right to return? Egypt should take back those who left or whose ancestors left there recently.
itsonlyrocknroll
No, not possible to force give or take 2 million Palestinians out.
Hamas, Hezbollah, Iranian Islamic extremist terrorists, undoubtably, or the ceasefire will give way to a continuation of war until that goal is achieved, sooner or later it will.
Many more innocent civilian casualties will pay the price,
But could we have already reached to pint of no return.
Hamas will have a choice, follow the "ceasefire" timetable or face the consequences.
A IDF fully armed with every US armament logistical support imaginable.
stormcrow
Trump & Co. … Such nice people.
GuruMick
The world community, united for a just cause, is a hundred times bigger and more powerful than US under Trump.
I say "under Trump " because often, surprisingly, the US does a lot of good when good Governance is in place.
Lots of not so good too....but I am trying to be positive.
Imagine another "oil crisis " coming out of this plan of Trump. OPEC states stop oil to the US.
Arab states will not be pushed around and the "we will withhold aid " is beyond insulting to proud people and nations.
Maybe China will step in to fill the US aid vacuum.
People....Trumps plan will not happen.
The dogs and cats of Springfield will see to it...America first !
Jimizo
Trump spouting nonsense and his supporters running around in circles trying to justify the nonsense.
The only possible worthwhile quality you can see here is stamina.
Harry_Gatto
And so say all of us.
plasticmonkey
Read the story.
[Trump] said "No, they wouldn’t" when asked if Palestinians in Gaza would have a right to return to the territory.
Trump is excluding the Palestinians because he disingenuously claims they would be better off elsewhere, because Gaza is too dangerous.
And in the same breath talks about owning and developing Gaza as "the Riviera of the Middle East".
bass4funk
Semantics
Trump never said that, I get it, the liberal media is trying hard again to spin this, but…
How would they benefit staying in poverty and squalor? How? These are the questions liberals never can answer.
wallace
Gaza could be reconstructed in sectors. People from those sectors can live in Israel until they can return.
GuruMick
And everyone forgets the "open air prison " that was Gaza for many years before Oct 7 attack.
Oppression breeds resistance.
Cant kill your way out of this.
Israel now the pariah state with a PM and Defence Minister indicted on war crimes.
Ooohh...classy people.
wallace
According to the Palestinians, the State of Palestine is not for sale. Israel left Gaza in 2005, 20 years ago.
bass4funk
BS! You always try and be so sneaky. This is what he said exactly:
“No, they wouldn’t, because they’re going to have much better housing,” He added, “In other words, I’m talking about building a permanent place for them.”Trump told Fox News Channel’s Bret Baier when asked if the Palestinians would have the right to return.
Absolute hogwash, but I get it, libs can’t do anything, don’t have anything, so they will cling onto whatever they can to justify their disastrous loss
Yes or you think Hamas can do a better job? Really?
bass4funk
That would also be a possibility perhaps
Bob Fosse
“You’re talking about a million and a half people, and we just clean out that whole thing,”
Trump, in an interview with FOX News' Bret Baier that was set to air Monday, said “No, they wouldn’t” when asked if Palestinians in Gaza would have a right to return to the territory.
He literally said these things. It is not the ‘liberal media’ trying to spin these things. It is you.
Fos
And some of them don't agree with my views, and this my point. For many decades the U.S. have tried to edulcorate reality to preserve their economic interests with their allies partners.
As a Japanese researcher you should wake up the conscience of people in this country who know nothing about geopolitics and stil see US as a beacon of democracy, instead of alienating them with your rhetoric against neighbor countries
The world is in tatters: look at the conflict in Middle East or the War in Ukraine, where Washington is leading a diplomacy which is inciting tensions, and to what result?
We are talking about Gaza plan here, where United States want to dictate the rules with their main ally in the Middle East, Israel, after an horrendous mass killing of innocent people, and China or Russia have nothing to do with it. There is no reason to bring them up.
This is what I define manipulation of narrative, which is unacceptable.
iknowall
We are talking about Gaza plan
What's the alternative plan? Rebuild Gaza and let the Arabs who are responsible for attacking and massacring Israelis live there?
GuruMick
Fos...thumbs up for using "edulcorate "....a verb in rare usage that means to make things more palatable.
Very smart.
Iknowall...rebuild Gaza and tell the Israeli to keep their blockades, restrictions, surveillance and all the micro and macro aggressions...the hell away.
bass4funk
So that’s why Trump called on other Arab nations to help out. But they seem less reluctant despite their protests of how they are treated..wonder why…
And the full context was: “No, they wouldn’t, because they’re going to have much better housing,” He added, “In other words, I’m talking about building a permanent place for them.”
He did, when you look at the unedited version
It absolutely is a liberal thing, they didn’t have to destroy his words, but they do this repeatedly again and again and again
And this is why liberal networks are hemorrhaging viewers.
NCIS Reruns
Unlike Americans, the rest of the world has no obligation to pay heed to the moronic babbles emanating from this clown and should simply ignore him.
runner3
Trump is nothing more than a pimp.
Simon Foston
iknowallToday 11:06 am JST.
Most of the people you want to expel from the territory are not responsible for any such thing. The Israeli settlers in Gaza, on the other hand, are there illegally and all appear to be genocidal ultranationalist psychopaths backed up by a US-funded military that has its roots as a terrorist organisation.
itsonlyrocknroll
Fos, well they certainly agree with you more than me.
However most my own family, an seemingly increasing queue of my best friends would not disagree.
I state a comment a personal opinion, that is all nothing more.
I never take anything personally, I take every person I meet at face value.
Where political intrigue is concerned, the hysteria surrounding trump re-election, this whole thread even, is driven on a paranoia with a life of its own.
Your own opinion, I read most, provides me with a insight into your political grounding.
The question, Gaza as a possible two state solution can only survive if Hamas, Hezbollah Iran is taken out of the equation.
I know, for me unequivocally, I am a devout Catholic, religious extremism, the "Church" offers no compromises.
Especially from he pulpit
Bob Fosse
So. They can’t return to Gaza. He is rehousing them. Forced displacement. Quite literally a war crime.
stormcrow
If a foreign leader from half a world away is so determined to take somebody’s land, then why not give them to become citizens of that foreign leader country.. The only drawback being that the newly acquired country must submit completely to the laws of that country. Grant them all U.S. passports and citizenship, but make no mistake where your allegiance lies.
patkim
Wow! First, Trump lies about only relocating Palestinians; now he wants to leave them out forever. Secondly, it's not the Palestinians who are the bad guys here; it's Hamas. Exclude Hamas, I can see. Yes, I know, it is too hard to weed out the terrorists, but it's worth the effort. Doing so will give the wrong impression that you think all Palestinians are terrorists. It's like saying all Blacks are gangsters, all Hispanics are criminals, and all Whites are white supremacists. It's totally wrong.
Besides, ethnic cleansing only brews hatred. And make no mistake about it, if Trump goes down that path, I'm sure there will be a lot of hatred amongst the Muslim community.
Silvafan
Now, the Muslims who voted for Trump and the MAGA crowd who will be losing their SS, Medicare, and Welfare have something in common.
"Buyer's remorse"
This is his son-in-laws plan!
bass4funk
Eventually, but without Hamas.
iknowall
Finally a plan that makes sense.
Thank you Trump--again.
plasticmonkey
We're talking about return to Gaza, which Trump is ruling out. He is saying the Palestinians will not be allowed to return to Gaza because he wants to settle them elsewhere. Permanently.
The "much better housing" that Trump envisions is not in Gaza.
Amazing that this needs to be explained to you numerous times.
wallace
Both Trump and Netanyahu have said Palestinians will leave Gaza by US troops if necessary and will never be allowed to return. What is so hard to understand about that plan for ethnic cleansing?
plasticmonkey
No. Not eventually. Read the frickin' story.
“No, they wouldn’t” when asked if Palestinians in Gaza would have a right to return to the territory
wallace
The illegal Jewish settlers on the West Bank could be expelled and Palestinians could live there while their Gaza homes are made sector by sector.
Pukey2
Send some of them to Mar-a-Lago. There should be plenty of rooms and food.
Seapig
A deflection used by posters that do not, or can not, respond based on logic.
Peter Neil
just because you voted for someone doesn't mean you have agree with everything they say or do.
that's what desperate people do when talking to someone they want to sleep with.
kohakuebisu
So much for the "antiwar" President!
The only way you get the Palestinians out of Gaza is with the US Military. Tens of thousands of them. The IDF with all their hi-tech toys completed failed. Carpet bombing failed as well. That leaves only the US Army and urban warfare. Lots of death. American deaths.
You don't have to go along with this. There is a choice.
Regardless of what Trump says, Jordan and Egypt are not remotely "very rich countries". They can't provide their own populations with good housing, never mind hundreds of thousands of refugees. The leaders of both countries will also likely sign their own death warrants if they go along with this. Arab Spring part II.
GuruMick
It,s been said by commentators on the Middle East that Israel uses the "Iran problem " to deflect from the "imprisoning millions of Palestinians " problem.
JBird
Bass
Actually he was and will be again.
Add that to his legacy. The only president in history to be impeached in two non-successive term. And you can add convicted felon in there somewhere too.
gaijintraveller
If the Palestinians in Gaza are relocated, that will do nothing to solve the problem in the West bank, Lebanon.
If the Israelis in Israel are relocated, that will solve almost all problems in the Middle East.
The Israelis, at least the Zionists, appear to want to end the ceasefire by not honouring their side of the agreement, by continuing the genocide of Palestinians, by provoking Hamas.
Is it time for the US to occupy, to colonise Israel instead Canada, Greenland, Panama and Gaza.
If you think relocating Israelis and occupying Israel is a crazy idea, I believe you are correct, but you should also agree that treating Palestinians in the same way is an equally crazy idea.