[The Hill] In a rare moment of agreement with President Trump, Senate Minority Leader Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) on Monday praised the president for moving the U.S. Embassy in Israel from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem."In a long overdue move, we have moved our embassy to Jerusalem. Every nation should have the right to choose its capital," Schumer said in a statement. "I sponsored legislation to do this two decades ago, and I applaud President Trump for doing it."
The statement echoed a sentiment Trump expressed in a video message presented at the embassy opening, in which the president said the move had "been a long time coming."
But the embassy’s official opening Monday was also marked by a bloody day on Israel’s border with the Hamas-controlled Gaza Strip.