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Originally Posted by Mr Banana
In response, someone tweeted,
US embassy move was confirmed in October 2008 when George W Bush was still President, not Obama! FACT not "fake news"!
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https://news.sky.com/story/donald-tr...ondon-11204052
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Despite Mr Trump blaming his predecessor for the decision, the embassy move was initiated by the George W Bush administration.
A post on its website dated 8 November 2008 - just under a month before Mr Obama's election - revealed the decision.
It says: "The U.S. State Department today signed a conditional agreement with the real estate developer Ballymore to acquire a site in the Nine Elms Opportunity Area in Wandsworth for the construction of a new Embassy."
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As for the current building it's a listed building which reduced it's price. Plus the US doesn't own the land underneath it, the freehold is owned by someone else.
Also this was been in the pipeline for years so it's not as if he didn't know this before he was due to come.
