Plan called ‘mad’, ‘ethnic cleansing’, and a possible crime against humanity in most outlets – but The Australian says it reflects Trump’s ‘inherently benign’ worldview. Plus: Mr Murdoch goes to Washington

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When news broke of new US president Donald Trump’s proposal to banish Palestinians from Gaza and turn it into the “riviera of the Middle East”, reactions from the world’s newsrooms were noticeably, well, varied.

The New York Times called it a “brazen plan” while Al Jazeera went a little stronger, declaring: “Trump is a mad man.” The takeover plan “faces global condemnation”, said the Guardian headline, and “UN chief warns of ethnic cleansing”.

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