DURING HIS CAMPAIGN AND ANNOUNCEMENTS ABOUT THE

FUTURE OF OUR RELATIONSHIP WITH ISRAEL.

I HAVE DETERMINED THAT IT IS TIME TO OFFICIALLY RECOGNIZE

JERUSALEM AS THE CAPITAL OF ISRAEL.

WHILE PREVIOUS PRESIDENTS HAVE MADE THIS A MAJOR CAMPAIGN

PROMISE, THEY FAILED TO DELIVER.

TODAY I AM DELIVERING.

I JUDGE THIS COURSE OF ACTION TO BE IN THE BEST INTEREST OF

THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.

AND THE PURSUIT OF PEACE OF ISRAEL AND THE PALESTINIANS.

SEEING THE VIDEO OF HIM BETWEEN TWO FLAGS

IS SURREAL.

HE IS DOING IT, HE IS DISGUSTED FOR A LONG TIME.

BACK IN THE 90S IT WAS OVERWHELMINGLY VOTED ON IN

THE SENATE BUT IT NEVER HAPPENED.

THEY WOULD PROMISE IT, AND THEY WOULD FAILED TO DELIVER.

BUT HE DOESN'T MENTION WHY.

YOU ARE RIGHT, ANYTIME YOU REMEMBER WHO DONALD TRUMP

ACTUALLY IS WHICH IS A REALITY HOST AND LEADER OF A THREE RING

CIRCUS ñ HE THOUGHT HE WAS FIRING TEL AVIV.

IT IS A VERY SERIOUS ISSUE.

THE REASON WHY THEY PROMISE IT AS IT PLAYS WELL WITH

CHRISTIAN EVANGELICALS IN THIS COUNTRY.

AND OTHERS AS WELL.

THE MAJORITY OF JEWISH AMERICANS IN AMERICA ARE 70% DEMOCRATS,

ONE OF THE STRONGEST BASES IN THE COUNTRY.

THE REASON THEY CHANGE THEIR MIND IS BECAUSE PEOPLE SAT

THEM DOWN AND TALKED ABOUT THE REALITY OF THE MIDDLE EAST.

THEY SAY WE COULD MOVE IT TO JERUSALEM BUT MUSLIMS,

CHRISTIANS, AND JEWS, ALL CONSIDER JERUSALEM THEIR

SPIRITUAL CAPITAL.

IN THE CASE OF THE PHYSICAL PEOPLE THAT ARE THERE

PALESTINIANS ARE IN EAST JERUSALEM AND THEY VIEW

THAT TO BE THERE CAPITAL.

IF WE TELL THE WHOLE MUSLIM WORLD THAT JERUSALEM ISN'T

YOURS ANYMORE, WE HAVE GIVEN IT TO ISRAEL, PEOPLE ARE GOING

TO BE ENRAGED.

EVEN TOP ALLIES LIKE THE KING OF JORDAN SAID THIS IS A

TERRIBLE IDEA.

SAUDI ARABIA, AND TURKEY IS SAYING THE SAME.

THE UK NOT A FAN OF IT.

CNN HAD A GRAPHIC OF HOW MANY COUNTRIES HAVE AN EMBASSY IN TEL

AVIV AND HOW MANY HAVE AN EMBASSY IN JERUSALEM.

THERE WERE NONE IN JERUSALEM.

HE DOESN'T UNDERSTAND THE HISTORY OF HOW PARTS OF EASTERN

JERUSALEM WERE ORIGINALLY ACQUIRED BY ISRAEL.

THE CONSEQUENCES IN TERMS OF THE SETTLEMENTS.

HE SHOULD KNOW A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THAT SINCE JARED

KUSHNER HAD BEEN FUNDING SOME OF THOSE SETTLEMENTS.

IT IS PURELY BASED ON HIS BELIEF THAT THIS WILL PLAY WELL

AMONGST THE EVANGELICALS IN AMERICA WHO HAVE THIS CRAZY

RELIGIOUS BELIEF THAT WE NEED TO SET OFF AN APOCALYPSE IN

THAT PART OF THE WORLD.

THERE WILL BE NO RELIGIOUS APOCALYPSE, THERE COULD BE

ACTUAL VIOLENCE.

THIS BRINGS US A BIG STEP CLOSER TO THAT.

IF YOU ARE A RIGHT-WINGER AND THINK WHAT DO I CARE THE

PALESTINIANS ARE UPSET. THAT IS BECAUSE YOU ARE IGNORANT.

KING ABDULLAH IS A STRONG ALLY OF THE US AND HAS KEPT

JORDAN STABLE.

GIVEN THE WILD INSTABILITY OF THE MIDDLE EAST, AT LEAST

HE HAS THE COUNTRY SOMEWHAT UNDER CONTROL.

THE REASON HE IS UPSET IS NOT BECAUSE HE IS A MUSLIM ñ WHAT HE

IS SAYING IS NOW YOU'RE GOING TO DESTABILIZE MY COUNTRY AND WHEN

YOU DO THAT INSTEAD OF HAVING A SECULAR LEADER IN CHARGE, YOU

MIGHT HAVE MORE FUNDAMENTALISTS THAT RISE UP AND TAKE

JORDAN WHICH WOULD BE A TERRIBLE IDEA.

DEFINITELY.

THERE IS A PROXIMITY ISSUE AT STAKE THERE.

WHILE I BELIEVE HE IS DOING THIS TO FIRE UP HIS BASE AND WE

UNDERSTAND THAT THIS IS A MAJOR POLICY CHANGE FOR THE US AND HAS

CONSEQUENCES FOR THE UN CERTAINLY FOR THE FUTURE OF ANY

PEACE PROCESS.

HE IS GOING TO TRY CAREFULLY IN THE SPEECH.

LISTEN TO THIS SECOND SECTION OF THE SPEECH.

I ALSO WANT TO MAKE ONE POINTS VERY CLEAR.

THIS DECISION IS NOT INTENDED IN ANY WAY TO REFLECT A DEPARTURE

FROM OUR STRONG COMMITMENT TO FACILITATE A LASTING PEACE

AGREEMENT.

WE WANT AN AGREEMENT THAT IS A GREAT DEAL FOR THE ISRAELIS AND

A GREAT DEAL FOR THE PALESTINIANS.

WE ARE NOT TAKING A POSITION OF ANY FINAL STATUS ISSUES.

THEY ARE SAYING THIS DOESN'T REALLY REPRESENT ANYTHING,

BUT OF COURSE IT DOES.

HE IS JUST BASICALLY GIVING IT ñ FROM OUR POINT OF VIEW IS ONE OF

THE STRONGEST ARBITERS OF WHAT HAPPENS THERE IT IS FINALIZED.

OBVIOUSLY WE GIVE HUGE SUPPORT TO ISRAEL.

LASTER RE-SIGNED THE TEN-YEAR $38 BILLION ARMS DEAL WITH

ISRAEL WHICH WAS MORE THAN THE DECADE BEFORE.

BUT THIS IS ANOTHER SYMBOLIC MOVE ON TOP OF IT.

OF COURSE THEY ARE RIGHT WITH THE HYPOCRISY.

THE NUMBER ONE RECIPIENT OF US AID IS ISRAEL.

I READ THAT ISRAEL IS THE LARGEST CUMULATIVE

RECIPIENT OF US FOREIGN ASSISTANCE SINCE WORLD WAR II.

AT ONE POINT THEY DESPERATELY NEEDED IT, NOW THEY ARE THE

MEGA POWER IN THE MIDDLE EAST.

IT WOULD BE LIKE GIVING MONEY

TO OIL COMPANIES.

WHY ARE WE GIVING THE MONEY, IT DOESN'T MAKE SENSE.

THEY HAVE E LEGAL SETTLEMENTS AND WE ARE FUNDING THEM.

THEY ARE NOT MOVING THE EMBASSY TOMORROW, IT WILL BE SIX

MONTHS FROM NOW BECAUSE IT IS A LOGISTICAL MESS.

IT BUYS TIME FOR SOMEONE, THE NEXT PRESIDENT TO BE ABLE TO

REVERSE THAT POLICY? I DON'T WANT POLITICIANS LYING TO YOU

AND SAYING I'M GOING TO MOVE THE EMBASSY AND THEY GO BACK ON

THEIR WORD.

THAT IS WHY THEY SHOULD NOT SAY THEY ARE GOING TO DO IT IN

THE FIRST PLACE.

TRUMKA 81%

OF THE WHITE EVANGELICAL VOTE, AND THIS IS HOW.

HE'S GOING TO CREATE A MESS IN THE MIDDLE EAST AS LONG AS

I GET THE VOTE.

SOME OF THOSE CHRISTIAN FUNDAMENTALISTS ACTUALLY DO

WANT A WAR IN THE MIDDLE EAST.

THAT IS PART OF ARMAGEDDON.

THAT IS THEIR END TIMES PHILOSOPHY.

TO THEM MOVING THE CAPITAL TO JERUSALEM IS A WIN WIN.

IF FULFILLS ONE PART OF THE PROPHECY AND IT IS MORE

LIKELY TO CREATE A GIANT WAR IN THE MIDDLE EAST THAT GETS

ALMOST ALL OF US KILLED.

THAT IS NOT THE BUG, THAT IS THE FEATURE.

THEY HAVE SET IT OVER AND OVER AGAIN.

OUT OF THE PROPHECY AS YOU RIP DOWN ONE OF THE MOSQUES IN

THAT AREA AND THAT LEADS TO A WAR WERE ALMOST EVERYONE ON

THE PLANET DIES.

THAT IS WHAT THESE FUNDAMENTALISTS ARE LOOKING

FORWARD TO.

AND I HEAR THE FUNDAMENTALIST MUSLIMS ARE

THE PROBLEM, AND THEY AR.

BUT ALSO FUNDAMENTALIST CHRISTIANS. NOT ONLY IS IT

NONSENSE, IT HAS CONVINCED ALL THESE PEOPLE THAT BELIEVE

IN ANCIENT MYTHS THAT WE HAVE TO KILL EACH OTHER TO FIGHT

OVER THIS PIECE OF TERRITORY THAT IS NOT EVEN THAT

ATTRACTIVE TO BEGIN WITH.

IF YOU FOUGHT OVER LA OR HAWAII I WOULD GET IT.

O I GOT THIS PIECE OF DIRT IN THE MIDDLE OF A GODFORSAKEN

COUNTRY.

I DON'T GIVE A DAMN ABOUT JERUSALEM.

BUT I AM NOT THE ISSUE.

I WOULD SAY YOU BOTH GET HALF, WE ARE DONE WITH IT.

BUT YOU ARE GOING TO START HOLY WARS WITH THIS IDIOTIC IDEA

BECAUSE THEY DO CARE.

THE MUSLIMS, JEWS, AND CHRISTIANS CARE.

IT IS NOT JUST THE MUSLIMS, IT IS EVANGELICAL CHRISTIANS SAYING

ARMAGEDDON IS WHAT WE PRAY FOR.