Earlier we reported that Netanyahu’s office was disputing the claims that Trump had already decided not to move the embassy to Jerusalem. Now we get word from the Free Beacon that the Trump team is still in the beginning stages of the process to determine if they will move the embassy or not isn’t even close to a decision:
Trump administration sources confirmed to the Free Beacon that the embassy move is still under consideration, but that the process is in its infant stages.
The administration continues to review the policy, which has caused an increasing level of frustration among pro-Israel Trump supporters who had hoped the process would be carried out more quickly.
“We are at the early stages of the decision-making process on this, and no decision has yet been taken,” a State Department official who was not authorized to speak on record told the Free Beacon Wednesday afternoon. “The president said he is giving serious thought to the matter, we are looking at it with great care, and we’ll see what happens.”
Senior White House officials familiar with the situation further confirmed to the Free Beacon that no formal decision has been reached on the embassy move, despite a flurry of discussions in the Israeli media.
“The President has been very clear that he wants to move the American Embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem, but even more than that he wants to ensure Israel’s security and make concrete progress towards a peaceful resolution of the Palestinian issue,” one senior administration official told the Free Beacon. “The timing of the Embassy move has to be decided in that framework, and to date no decision has been made.”
I’ll tell you what it sounds like to me. Trump wants to use the decision to move the embassy to Jerusalem as a negotiating tool in his dealings with Israel and the Palestinians, so he’s just keeping it undecided intentionally.
I mean c’mon, it’s been on the table since he became president and they are still in the beginning stages? I don’t think so. I think this is intentional.
But hey, maybe I’m FAKE NEWS!