Trump’s Bid to Move ‘Hellhole’ Embassy Sunk by Architectural Icon
- Brussels seeks to have mission site added to ‘safeguard list’
- Regional officials say location part of ‘flagship heritage’
The building in the Watermael-Boitsfort - Watermaal-Bosvoorde area of Brussels.
Photographer: Laurie Dieffembacq/AFP via Getty Images
This article is for subscribers only.
Brussels, the European city Donald Trump labeled a ‘Hellhole,’ is picking a fight with the U.S. president in an area close to his heart: real-estate development.
The Belgian capital has taken action to block Washington’s plan to move the U.S. embassy from its current downtown location near Russia’s mission to a bucolic neighborhood adjacent an 11,000-acre forest on the city’s southern outskirts. The point of contention? The new building is too celebrated for what the Americans have planned for it.