Art of the Steal

Humanitarian Aid or Digital Prison?

President Trump is advancing a plan for Gaza that echoes the World Economic Forum and United Nations’ visions for tech-driven global oversight. Under the banner of reconstruction, it involves luxury high-rise apartments by the sea, six to eight smart cities with surveillance technology, AI data centers, a push toward digital payments possibly using a stablecoin/USD 1, and tokenization of all assets. “All services in these cities will be done through ID based AI powered digital systems.” Landowners and businesses will be given digital tokens in exchange for land development rights with no say on how the land will be redeveloped. Trump’s Board of Peace, comprised of elites, will run the show.

The Gaza Plan: f86dd56a-de7f-4943-af4a-84819111b727.pdf

Under the current details of the Trump administration’s proposed Gaza redevelopment plan (as outlined in the leaked 38-page GREAT Trust prospectus), Gazan residents would be offered cash payments of $5,000 plus subsidies to cover four years of rent (and one year of food assistance) outside Gaza if they choose to leave “voluntarily” during the reconstruction period.[1]

Art of the Steal?

At the same time, the plan does not include a conventional land compensation program for Gazan residents who lost their homes and businesses during the war. Instead, those who own land would be offered digital tokens in exchange for transferring redevelopment rights over their property to the trust (as detailed in the prospectus’s “Innovative Funding Model: Land Trust and Tokenization” section). These tokens could potentially be redeemed later for ownership of a rebuilt residence such as an apartment in one of the planned six to eight AI-powered smart cities. [2]

However, the plan also relies on selling tokens to outside investors as a key way to generate funds for the overall reconstruction, which would transform parts of Gaza into a tourism-focused “Riviera of the Middle East” with luxury high-rise developments, resorts, and other projects. [3]

Presently, people who currently own land and live in Gaza appear to have no direct say or input in shaping this plan. One might also question whether the digital tokens provided would realistically enable most Gazans to secure one of those luxury high-rise apartments, given the emphasis on investor sales, the projected high value of such properties (e.g., apartments estimated around $75,000–$200k in various descriptions within the prospectus), and the broader focus on attracting external capital for mega-projects rather than prioritizing original residents’ returns to prime or upgraded locations.[4]

This all would be overseen by the Board of Peace, that has drawn comparisons to elite gatherings like those at Davos. [5]

Trump’s plan was recently unveiled at the WEF but it is not set in stone, yet. There are several competing visions for rebuilding Gaza as of early 2026:

Israel’s Gaza 2035 plan, as outlined in a document reportedly from Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office and covered by The Jerusalem Post in May 2024, envisions transforming post-war Gaza from crisis to prosperity through a three-step program focused on large-scale infrastructure, economic investment, and reintegration into the regional economy. The plan aims to remove Iranian influence and Hamas control, rebuild Gaza as a high-tech industrial and free-trade hub (including elements like a Gaza-Arish-Sderot Free Trade Zone with potential high-speed rail links to projects like NEOM, Saudi Arabia’s futuristic smart-city mega-project meaning “new future,” near the Red Sea under Vision 2030), and eventually return it to Palestinian self-governance under a moderate framework, while leveraging Israeli technology and Gulf resources. It features futuristic, AI-generated renders of modern cities but emphasizes Israeli security oversight and does not explicitly promise Palestinian statehood or full sovereignty.[6]

Gaza Phoenix plan is Hamas’s plan for rebuilding Gaza after the war. Run by Hamas controlled city governments, it focuses on letting local people help decide how to rebuild, keeping neighborhoods and historic sites as they are, reusing rubble instead of throwing it away, and planning the recovery in clear steps from emergency help right now to a stronger, self-sustaining Gaza in the future. It presents itself as a Palestinian led way to rebuild and not let outsiders take over. [7]

Egypt’s Arab League-Backed Reconstruction Plan (Including UAE-Funded Elements)Endorsed at the 2025 Cairo summit, this $53 billion technocratic plan unfolds in three phases for infrastructure repair, temporary housing, and long-term development under a Palestinian committee (NCAG), emphasizing no displacement, PA integration, and regional funding while incorporating UAE housing compounds for stabilization. [8]

Understanding the Basics of Trump’s Troubling Plan

In my last article, “Are We Being Borged?,” some readers commented that they got lost in the financial terms, so here are clear definitions of terms that are central to understanding the ramifications of President Trump’s plan:

A blockchain is a digital record-keeping system that acts like a public ledger shared across many computers. It records transactions in a way that’s designed to be secure and hard to change once added. This allows tracking of money (stablecoins, tokens, cryptocurrencies) or ownership without always needing a traditional bank. But here’s the catch: blockchain really isn’t private at all, despite what proponents claim. Every entry is visible on the network, and with the right tools, transactions can often be traced back to real people, creating a powerful tool for surveillance by governments or companies.

Tokenization turns real-world things like land, buildings, human resources or future profits into digital tokens on a blockchain. These tokens can be bought and sold online by anyone with access. It can speed up investing but may reduce local control. I discussed how elites are tokenizing forests, rivers, and nature in my article: [9]Are We Being Borged? – The Burning Platform

The Board of Peace is a group established by the Trump administration to oversee Gaza’s postwar rebuilding. Countries pay one billion dollars for a permanent seat. The U.S. has pledged ten billion dollars to kickstart reconstruction. Key figures include Steve Witkoff (Trump’s Middle East envoy, and co-owner of World Liberty Financial) and Jared Kushner (Trump’s son-in-law and a director who has promoted large-scale building projects). The board draws power from U.S. support and alliances like the UAE. But questions remain: Who authorized this board to decide Gaza’s future? [10] [11]

World Liberty Financial is a cryptocurrency platform co-founded by Donald Trump (as honorary/retired co-founder) and his sons Eric, Donald Jr., and Barron, along with friends like real estate developer Steven Witkoff and his son Zach (who serves as CEO). The Trump family controls a major stake through an entity where Trump owns 70% and his relatives 30%, entitling them to 75% of revenues from token sales and stablecoin transactions generating over $1.4 billion in profits in just 16 months, including from deals like the $2 billion UAE investment that earns ongoing interest. [12]

Trump claims he is not making money from World Liberty Financial while serving as president. He says he has stepped back from his businesses, placed them in a trust run by his sons, and has no involvement in the company.

But reports from major outlets show the Trump family, with Trump controlling a large share, continues to receive substantial ongoing profits. These amount to hundreds of millions or even over $1 billion in cash and revenue from token sales, stablecoin interest, and deals like the $500 million UAE investment. These profits have been boosted by pro-crypto policies during his second term.[13]

With Trump pursuing major deals and initiatives around the world, including efforts to rebuild Gaza, and his family continuing to profit handsomely from these ventures, this arrangement raises serious concerns about a profound conflict of interest that could blur the lines between personal gain and public duty. [14]

USD1 (officially World Liberty Financial USD) is a stablecoin and digital token designed to hold a steady value by being pegged to the U.S. dollar: one USD1 equals one dollar in reserves, in theory. However, tying it to the dollar raises issues. The U.S. dollar faces ongoing inflation from money printing and massive national debt, eroding its purchasing power over time and making any linked coin vulnerable long-term. This setup ties users to a system controlled externally. USD1 recently dipped to $0.994 amid a reported ‘coordinated attack’ involving hacked accounts and market pressure.

Trump’s Gaza Plan promotes Technocratic Oligarch Control

President Trump’s plan for Gaza is presented as humanitarian rebuilding, but it risks imposing dystopian control through invasive smart cities, unreliable stablecoins, and predatory tokenization of assets. It could turn this devastated region into a high-tech zone where financial activity is monitored on blockchains and distant investors profit from the land.

It could tie the USD1 or a similar stablecoin for everyday transactions, alongside tokenizing projects like towering skyscrapers and data centers to attract global speculators.

The Board of Peace: endorsed by the United Nations and Run by the Elite

The Board of Peace guides Trump’s 20-point Gaza plan. It was unveiled in September 2025. The UN endorsed it in November 2025 through Security Council Resolution 2803. Its charter was signed in January 2026 at the World Economic Forum in Davos.[15] [16] Its first meeting was February 19, 2026, in Washington, with Trump presiding and highlighting a U.S. commitment of ten billion dollars plus seven billion from allies, though Congress has not approved funding, raising questions about legality and authority.

The board includes many non-Western nations (such as the UAE, Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Qatar, Bahrain, Pakistan, Turkey, Hungary, Morocco, Kosovo, Albania, Bulgaria, Argentina, Paraguay, Kazakhstan, Mongolia, Uzbekistan, Indonesia, and Vietnam; potentially up to 35 countries). Dominated by authoritarian regimes and figures like Kushner, Secretary of State Marco Rubio, Witkoff, Tony Blair, World Bank chief Ajay Banga, national security adviser Robert Gabriel, and private equity mogul Marc Rowan. The Board of Peace appears more like elite maneuvering than neutral peacekeeping. [17]

The Board of Peace requires billions in “membership” fees and presumes to dictate Gaza’s fate. Led by figures like Witkoff (who profits from World Liberty Financial), it raises clear self-enrichment concerns. Critics have called out the UAE’s large investment in World Liberty Financial as blending foreign diplomacy with family gain, sparking corruption alarms.[18] Skeptics see it as an imperial setup.

Kushner has spoken of skyscrapers, data centers, and ports, treating Gaza like prime real estate for investors. But who asked the residents what their needs are? This board acts with unchecked authority, mirroring the UN’s push for elite-led global governance where the powerful override the vulnerable. Trump’s circle stands to gain from transaction fees, creating a stark conflict of interest. This is public service turning into private profit at the expense of the desperate, begging the question: Art of the Deal or Art of the Steal?

Straight Out of the UN’s Plan for Total Control

As someone who has long opposed smart cities, stablecoins, and digital surveillance, I view Trump’s Gaza plan as a betrayal of freedom and a step toward implementing tyrannical agendas straight out of the United Nations and World Economic Forum’s Fourth Industrial Revolution.[19] [20]

These unelected elites envision a world of cradle-to-grave monitoring via technology. Smart cities filled with sensors, cameras, and data centers are ideal tools for this. Trump is now pushing them onto Gaza under the guise of reconstruction. This is not mercy, but rather a potential pilot for reducing people to data points in a global digital system.

Tokenization could break Gaza’s land and projects into digital pieces for international investors. Kushner’s vision calls for tens of billions in funding, potentially through tokenized revenues from high rise apartments or ports. If cleared via USD1 or similar, these tokens would let foreigners claim value from afar. This destroys local control;

a battered area rebuilt on chains owned by outsiders. It’s subjugation, not support.

Central to this is USD1, the stable coin they may promote for Gaza’s payments in a cash-scarce area. It promises simple digital transactions but relies on the weakening U.S. dollar. Worse, it comes from a Trump-linked firm. Gazans could end up with digital wallets tracking every move and enabling massive surveillance. Such a system could restrict purchases or flag dissent. [21]

Smart City Techno Fascism

Smart cities, often hailed as pinnacles of innovation, function more like energy-intensive surveillance fortresses that monitor residents’ every move. This fusion of advanced technology and centralized state (or corporate) authority carries an unmistakable whiff of techno-fascism.

Under proposals tied to Trump’s vision for post-war Gaza, all essential services in these rebuilt “AI-powered smart cities” would operate exclusively through mandatory ID-based digital systems. Everyday life: access to housing, healthcare, commerce, employment, and more would be mediated by these platforms, tightly linked to digital wallets and biometric tracking. Non-compliance could trigger automated restrictions, effectively functioning as “kill switches” on financial access, mobility, and basic participation in society.

This isn’t mere infrastructure; it’s a blueprint for total digital control, where dissent risks instant exclusion from the system and the ability to survive.

The World Economic Forum calls this the Fourth Industrial Revolution turning people into programmable assets. Imposing it on vulnerable Gaza invites exploitation. Privacy vanishes. Every transaction is recorded on blockchains for elite review. Gaza becomes a testbed for global digital control. [22] [23]

In the end, Trump’s Gaza “reconstruction” plan, marketed as aid, is at risk of becoming a scheme that channels billions in funds and control to elite oligarchs while exploiting Gaza’s vulnerable people.

For ordinary Gazans, already devastated by war and broken infrastructure, this could mean forced digital wallets and payments on a volatile, family-connected coin that enables surveillance, restrictions, or compliance controls. Locals could lose land rights and autonomy to foreign speculators, converting crisis into profit for Trump’s circle, tech elites, and Gulf partners.

This isn’t genuine help. This is a conquest disguised as rebuilding, enriching the powerful at the expense of the powerless and risking a template for broader digital domination.

[1] f86dd56a-de7f-4943-af4a-84819111b727.pdf

[2] f86dd56a-de7f-4943-af4a-84819111b727.pdf

[3] f86dd56a-de7f-4943-af4a-84819111b727.pdf

[4] Trump’s Gaza plan involves ‘voluntary’ relocation of Palestinians – and giving them $5,000 each | The Independent

[5] https://www.weforum.org/stories/2016/01/the-fourth-industrial-revolution-what-it-means-and-how-to-respond/

[6] Gaza 2035: Benjamin Netanyahu’s plan for post-war Gaza | The Jerusalem Post

[7] Gaza Phoenix: Hamas’s Post-War Reconstruction Plan – Washington Eye

[8] https://theconversation.com/what-will-a-rebuilt-gaza-look-like-the-competing-visions-for-the-strips-future-274591

[9] Are We Being Borged? – The Burning Platform

[10] https://www.npr.org/2026/02/19/nx-s1-5719053/trump-board-of-peace-meeting

[11] Inside Trump’s Decades-Long Relationship With The United Arab Emirates

[12] https://www.wsj.com/politics/policy/spy-sheikh-secret-stake-trump-crypto-tahnoon-ea4d97e8