"We have no business contemplating yet another occupation to doom our treasure and spill our soldiers blood." Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) said Wednesday.

The expansionist talk in Gaza is playing out as Trump has begun an effort to shut down the U.S. Agency for International Development, the federal agency that provides crucial aid that funds education and fights starvation, epidemics and poverty overseas. Trump sees it as a poster child of government waste and advancement of liberal social programs.