best piece of land in jerusalem and we have a building on it, let s renovate it. so instead of spending 1.2 billion, we spent $400,000. instead of opening it in ten or 20 years or maybe never, we opened it about four months later. it s been open for a long time. we have the embassy already open. do i get credit for saving a million, billion bucks? not really. someday. you know when abraham lincoln made that gettysburg address speech, the great speech, you know he was ridiculed? he was ridiculed. he took the horse and carriage up from the white house and voted for, partially in that carriage and partially at a desk in the lincoln bedroom which is incredible by the way in the white house, and he went up to gettysburg and deliver that
going up to mars, we are talking about, you need it. now you need it. you look at russia, you look at what s going on and what they are doing. we will be the best of the world very shortly in space. i withdrew the united states from the horrible iran deal and i also recognize the capital of israel and opened the american embassy in jerusalem. big deal. and the embassy is already built, it s built about 20 years ahead of budget and schedule. i would say about 20 years, i m not going to tell that story but we built it really fast. they are all looking for a location and a friend of mine, the ambassador to israel said, we already have the best piece of land in all of israel.
going up to mars. we re talking about, you need it. now you need it. you look at russia, you look at china. you look at what s going on, what they re doing. we need it. we ll be the best in the world, very shortly, in space. i withdrew the united states from the horrible iran deal and i also recognize the capital of israel and opened the american embassy in jerusalem. big deal. that was a big deal. and the embassy is already built, it s built about 20 years ahead of budget and schedule. i would say we re about 20 years you know that story, i m not going to tell it. we built it real fast. we had the best location. they are all looking for a location and a friend of mine, the ambassador to israel said, we already have the best piece of land in all of israel. best piece of land in jerusalem
given $1.8 billion, what does that look like in cash? $1.8 billion. it is hard to believe. remember that. i also recognize the capital of israel and opened the american embassy in jerusalem. [cheers and applause] because instead of apologizing for america, we are standing tall for america, the country that we love. we are standing up for the heroes that protect america. we are proudly standing up for our national anthem. [cheers and applause] but if democrats get back into power, they will try to reverse
given $1.8 billion what does that look like in cash? $1.8 billion. hard to believe. you remember that. i also recognized the capital of israel and opened the american embassy in jerusalem. [cheers and applause] because instead of apologizing for america, we are standing tall for america, the country that we love. we are standing up for the heroes that protect america. we are proudly standing up for our national anthem.ct [cheers and applause] but if democrats get back into power, they will try to reverse the all of the incredible gains that we have made, including