israel is a sovereign nation with the right like every other sovereign nation to determine its own capital. yet for many years, we failed to acknowledge the obvious, the plea p and reality that israel s capital is jerusalem. on december 6, 2017, at my direction, the united states finally and officially recognized jerusalem as the true capital of israel. today we followed through on this recognition opened our embassy in the historic and sacred land of jerusalem. we are opening at many, many years ahead of schedule. sean: the israeli prime minister, a man who i have set for many years, has incredible moral clarity, bbah d not netanyahu, he attended this, and president trump talked about himm keeping his words and promises. last december, president trump became the first world leader to recognize jerusalem as our capital.