Trump Says Jerusalem Move Protested by World Leaders Is ‘Long Overdue’
- Turkey says move could inflame tensions, pope urges ‘prudence’
- U.S. president expected to declare Jerusalem Israel’s capital
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President Donald Trump said his plan to recognize Jerusalem as Israel’s capital and move the U.S. embassy there is overdue while world leaders from the Vatican to Tehran denounced his stance as risking fresh violence in the region.
“It’s long overdue,” Trump told reporters during a Cabinet meeting at the White House Wednesday. “Many presidents have said they want to do something and they didn’t.”