Washington (AFP) - Donald Trump floated a fraught trip to open the new US embassy in Jerusalem, as the embattled US president hosted Israel's equally embattled Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the White House Monday.
The two leaders -- both under career-threatening legal investigation -- tried to cast their domestic problems aside, putting on a show of bonhomie and mutual appreciation in sunny Washington.
Sat in the Oval Office, Netanyahu waxed lyrical, painting Trump as the heir to a pantheon of historical figures, as he hailed Trump's "bold" decision to move the US embassy from Tel Aviv to the disputed city of Jerusalem.
Netanyahu likened the US leader to the ancient Persian king Cyrus the Great, who freed the Jews from captivity in Babylon; to Lord Balfour who a century ago affirmed the rights of the Jewish people in Palestine; and president Harry Truman who recognized the Jewish state.
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Tuesday, March 6, 2018
Trump 'may' go to Jerusalem embassy opening
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