Sen. Bob Corker (R-TN) says that when he met with President Donald Trump in November to discuss the secretary of state position, Trump’s team was committed to moving the U.S. embassy to Jerusalem from Tel Aviv.
“They were ready to move the embassy at 12:01 on Jan. 20, maybe 12 and 30 seconds,” Corker told Politico in an interview published Monday morning. “That was going to be their first move.”
Trump’s team signaled as much in December. Moving the embassy to Jerusalem would likely result in backlash from Palestinians given that the city has sacred meaning for both Israelis and Palestinians.
Corker told Politico that there is still a chance Trump will move the embassy.
“My sense is, they’re probably still moving there,” he said.
The Republican senator described Trump’s foreign policy approach as a “wrecking ball.” He said that Trump will have to decide just how much he would like to stray from Republican foreign policy.
“The challenge is going to be… so you want to do deals, deals, deals. Or you want to disrupt this and this and this. You’ve got to decide toward what end,” Corker, the chair of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, told Politico.
He also said that he is not a fan of all of Trump’s tweets.
“I wish some of the things that were said and tweeted didn’t happen,” Corker told Politico.
