Democracy Dies in Darkness Sections Home Try 1 month for $1 Username Sign In Account Profile Newsletters & Alerts Gift Subscriptions Contact Us Help Desk Subscribe Account Profile Newsletters & Alerts Gift Subscriptions Contact Us Help Desk Accessibility for screenreader Politics A new road sign indicating the way to the new U.S. embassy in Jerusalem is set up on May 7. (Thomas Coex/AFP/Getty Images) by Anne Gearan and Ruth Eglash by Anne Gearan and Ruth Eglash Email the author May 12 at 11:31 AM Email the author President Trump has been telling friendly audiences that he is proudly fulfilling a campaign promise with the opening of the U.S. Embassy in Jerusalem, and that his real estate savvy is already saving the taxpayers a buck on the new location. A campaign rally crowd gave Trump lengthy applause when he said the new embassy will open Monday, and on the cheap. “I said, ‘how much?,’ something other presidents don’t ask. They said, ‘sir, $1 billion dollars,’” Trump said in theatrical disbelief. [New U.S. embassy in Jerusalem will be in western part of the city] “For $150,000 I could fix it. It’ll be beautiful,” Trump said at the rally Thursday in Elkhart, Ind…. Read full this story
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