Trump,
speaking on Friday declared that his decision to move the US embassy from Tel Aviv
to Jerusalem was most appreciated by US Christians.
U.S.
President Donald Trump has claimed he turned Jerusalem into the capital of
Israel, even after the Jewish state had long said the city is the seat of its
government.
He slammed
previous administrations for not moving the diplomatic mission to bestow U.S.
recognition on the Israeli claim to the city.
“They never
moved the embassy to Jerusalem, thereby making Jerusalem the capital of Israel,
which I did,” Trump said.
“You know who
appreciate it the most, are the evangelical Christians,” he added.
Palestinians
want the eastern part of Jerusalem for the capital of their future state and
the move by Trump was denounced by the Palestinian Authority.
The president
also claimed “nothing happened” during the ceremony of opening the new embassy,
though clashes between Palestinian protesters and Israeli security forces that
day left dozens dead in the Gaza Strip.
Trump took a
specific dig at his predecessor, Barack Obama and vice president Joe Biden, who
is running in the November election.
“Nobody has
been worse to Israel than president Obama and Biden,” said Trump, citing the
2015 nuclear deal with Iran.
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