May 12, 2018

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,’ ” Trump said in theatrical disbelief.

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