so-called final status agreement, in which everybody accepted all the other elements of the agreement. there was a perception that everyone got something out of it. instead, it s been kind of put up to the front by a president who feels very strongly about when he says something in the campaign, he wants to follow it up as president. the context of course has been that no one else recognizes this, all the european allies have stayed away. another blow to the transatlantic relationship, and of course these tragic deaths of palestinians on the ground, as they try to walk from gaza into israel. so overall, sadly, what should be a very happy day, and something in which israel is entitled, has become a very tragic and very sad day brought on by, in my view, very poor policy. as we just saw there in the front row, you had first daughter ivanka trump, senior adviser to the president, and her husband jared kushner, prime
this pay to play politics and here we have his personal lawyer enriching himself off of his access to the president. these are really difficult questions for the white house to deal with. so far, we ve seen sarah sanders, the president secretary, try not to engage the topic directly, refer questions to outside counsel and so forth, but it s a difficult problem, and it s not just michael cohen. there are other ethics issues in this administration. the environmental protection agency administrate scott pruitt has been under a barrage of headlines for several months now about allegations of corruption and ethical misconduct in office. can the president have it both ways? rudy giuliani makes the argument nothing seized in michael cohen s office, hotel room or apparea apartment should be reviewed or made public excuse me, we have to interrupt this because president trump is now giving his video address to israel. became the first nation to recognize the state of israel. today, we offi
victory. for many israelis looking at this violence on the streets, it s a day of great anxiety. how big of a deal is this for president trump and his legacy? moving the embassy was a campaign promise he s fulfilling. it s huge in terms of his legacy. and jared kushner was pushing for this behind the scenes, sheldon addleson was a big player in making this decision. took out a big full-page ad in the new york times when they announced it, saying president trump, you promised, you delivered. i think the administration sees the violence that is on half of screen right now as something that s going to occur over two days but then in the larger scale, historically, this will be an historic win for them. trump, as your guests have said, is delivering on something that many presidents before him have promised but failed to follow through with. so i think they see this violence as short term and the move as a long term win. well, bobby, the president says this helps negotiations bec
now, we want to thank you, especially today, for the courageous leadership of prime minister benjamin netanyahu and his determination to do whatever it takes to protect his people at all costs. we are equally grateful for the skillful work of our ambassador david friedman who so effectively represents our united states policy of always standing by and supporting our most reliable ally and friend in the middle east. and now, father, as we come to dedicate this embassy, in the city of jerusalem, the city that you named as the capital of israel 3,000 years ago, we want to thank you for the tremendous leadership of our great president, donald j. trump. without president trump s determination, resolve, courage, we would not be here today.
luck as he takes up office in this beautiful jerusalem embassy and we extend a hand in friendship to israel, the palestinians and to all of their neighbors. may there be peace. may got bless this embassy. may god bless all who serve there. and may god bless the united states of america. thank you. that of course was president trump. giving his video address from the united states. you can see there in the audience, his daughter and son-in-law sitting in the front row. jared kushner will be the next up. we will take that live.