https://www.npr.org/2018/03/05/590996210/fact-check-is-trump-building-a-250-000-embassy-in-jerusalem
Here's what Trump said in full about the cost of the new embassy with Netanyahu by his side:
"We'll have it built very quickly. A lot of people wouldn't be doing it quickly like that. We're going to have it built very quickly and very inexpensively. They put an order in front of my desk last week for $1 billion. I said, 'a billion? What's that for? We're going to build an embassy.' I said, 'We're not going to spend $1 billion.' We're actually doing it for about $250,000. So check that out."
Trump quickly added: "Now, it's temporary, but it'll be very nice."
He then boasted: "$250,000 versus a billion dollars."
Turning to an already laughing Netanyahu, he asked rhetorically, "Is that good?"
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Trump was probably conflating two things: a permanent new embassy to be built years from now and a temporary embassy office the U.S. is building inside an existing consular building in Jerusalem to be set up by May, NPR diplomacy correspondent Michele Kelemen and international correspondent Daniel Estrin, based in Jerusalem, report.
Here's what Trump said in full about the cost of the new embassy with Netanyahu by his side:
"We'll have it built very quickly. A lot of people wouldn't be doing it quickly like that. We're going to have it built very quickly and very inexpensively. They put an order in front of my desk last week for $1 billion. I said, 'a billion? What's that for? We're going to build an embassy.' I said, 'We're not going to spend $1 billion.' We're actually doing it for about $250,000. So check that out."
Trump quickly added: "Now, it's temporary, but it'll be very nice."
He then boasted: "$250,000 versus a billion dollars."
Turning to an already laughing Netanyahu, he asked rhetorically, "Is that good?"
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Trump was probably conflating two things: a permanent new embassy to be built years from now and a temporary embassy office the U.S. is building inside an existing consular building in Jerusalem to be set up by May, NPR diplomacy correspondent Michele Kelemen and international correspondent Daniel Estrin, based in Jerusalem, report.
