The White House press secretary Sean Spicer says the Trump administration has not yet decided if it will move the US Embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem.
Asked about what the strategic interest moving the US embassy serves, Spicer responds that it’s too early to speak about it.
“There’s no decision,” he says. “We are at the very early stages of that decision-making process.”
The comment is an even clearer reflection of the administration’s attempts to walk back Trump’s promises to move the embassy, which he has repeatedly vowed to do.
On Sunday, Spicer said the US was only in the “very beginning stages” of discussing the move. The comment was hailed by some in Jerusalem as a sign that Washington was indeed pushing forwarded with the oft-promised but never carried out move.
However, others saw the statement as the White House attempting to tamp down expectations for an imminent embassy move.
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