Donald Trump will meet Jordan’s King Abdullah today for what is likely to be a tense encounter following the US president’s Gaza redevelopment idea and threat to cut aid to the US-allied Arab country if it refuses to resettle Palestinians, Reuters reports.

King Abdullah has said he rejected any moves to annex land and displace Palestinians. Today, he is expected to tell Trump such a move could spur radicalism, spread chaos in the region, jeopardise peace with Israel and threaten the country’s very survival.

For his part, Trump has modified aspects of his initial proposal and doubled down on others. He has expressed increasing impatience with Arab leaders who see the idea as unworkable.

“I do think he’ll take” refugees, Trump told reporters at the White House yesterday, referring to King Abdullah.

Asked if he would withhold aid from Jordan and Egypt if they declined to do so, Trump said: “Yeah, maybe, sure, why not … if they don’t agree I would conceivably withhold aid.”