and the billion would have taken probably 20 years before you got to build it. we took a piece of land that we already owned and it had a building on it. we fixed the building up a little bit. we used even jerusalem stone which is beautiful. how nice is that? jerusalem stone in jerusalem sounds about right. we got it for the right price. and we built it for less than $500,000. it s open now. we have our embassy. we saved a billion dollars and 20 years and we have our embassy. we can do that with hundreds of them. for years you watched as your leaders apologized for america. now you have a president who is standing up for america. [cheers and applause]
and the billion would have taken probably 20 years before you got to build it. we took a piece of land that we already owned and it had a building on it. we fixed the building up a little bit. we used even jerusalem stone which is beautiful. how nice is that? jerusalem stone in jerusalem sounds about right. we got it for the right price. and we built it for less than $500,000. it s open now. we have our embassy. we saved a billion dollars and 20 years and we have our embassy. we can do that with hundreds of them. for years you watched as your leaders apologized for america. now you have a president who is standing up for america. [cheers and applause]
than $500,000 and the budget was over a billion dollars, right. yes. so we saved let s save a billion dollars and it is open and it is beautiful, by the way. jerusalem stone, one of my favorite stones. i will tell you the question somebody said today, well, this is the first news conference in a long time. i said, what do you mean? i did like five today. every time i sit, i take a lot of questions from people that are screaming like maniacs in the back of the room, meaning reporters. one of the reporters i won t say it was john roberts that said that, i refuse, but one of the but it was, don t feel guilty, john. but one of the reporters that was screaming asked about the one state/two state. i said, i think the two state will happen. i think it is in one way more difficult because it is a real estate deal because you need meets and bounds and you need lots of carve-outs and everything. it is actually a little tougher deal, but another way it works better because you have peop
and it s open and it s beautifu beautiful. jerusalem stone, one of my favorite. i will tell you the question somebody said today this is the first news conference in a long time and i said what do you mean? i did like five today. every time i sit i take a lot of questions from people that are screaming like maniacs in the back of the room, meaning reporters. and one of the reporters, i won t say that it was john roberts, but one of the dash it was. if that s okay. don t feel guilty, john. but one of the reporters that was screaming asked about the one state to state and i said i think the two state will happen and i think it s in one way more difficult because it s a real estate deal because you need bounds and lots of carve outs and lots of everything. it s actually a little tougher deal but another way it works better because you have people governing themselves. so they asked me about that and i said well, i think the two state will happen.
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