Ryan shows Netanyahu view of Trump hotel from his office

Speaker Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) on Tuesday showed Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu the view of Trump hotel from his office on Capitol Hill.

From @SpeakerRyan chambers : Ryan shows @netanyahu the Trump Hotel seen from window in Speaker’s room pic.twitter.com/9IFEVw2sXM

— Tal Schneider (@talschneider) March 6, 2018

“See that tall building over there? That’s the Trump Hotel,” Ryan said to Netanyahu in video exclusively obtained by Globes News diplomatic correspondent Tal Schneider. 

“Has that become now a landmark?” Netanyahu said, laughing. 

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“Yeah, so I walked him out to the balcony once, and he said, ‘That’s my hotel,'” Ryan said, referring to an office visit by President Trump. 

Netanyahu was on Capitol Hill on Tuesday during his visit to Washington for the 2018 American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC). 

The prime minister praised the president in his AIPAC address on Tuesday. 

“It is always great to be here, but as I told President Trump yesterday, it’s especially great to be in America’s capital now that he has recognized Jerusalem as Israel’s capital,” the prime minister said. “Thank you, President Trump, for that historic decision.”

Trump met with Netanyahu on Monday and revealed that he was considering traveling to Israel for the opening of the new U.S. Embassy in May. 

Netanyahu’s visit to Washington comes as he grapples with a corruption probe back in Israel.

The prime minister is accused of accepting bribes and of attempting to persuade Israel’s second largest newspaper to give him positive coverage in exchange for damaging a rival paper.