WASHINGTON, D.C.: Donald Trump floated a fraught trip to open the new American embassy in Jerusalem, as the US president hosted Israel’s equally embattled Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the White House on Monday. Special country, special people, and I look forward to being there, and I’m very proud of that decision,” he added. The embassy move prompted deadly protests and 128 states condemned it in a United Nations General Assembly vote in December. Only seven smaller countries aligned themselves with the United States and Israel. “The United States of America will never allow Iran to acquire nuclear weapons,” he added.

Source: Manila Times March 06, 2018 03:00 UTC