President Trump was the first U.S. president to visit the Western Wall.
President Trump was the first U.S. president to visit the Western Wall.
On 23 May 2017, news outlets such as NBC News and CNN reported that Donald Trump wasÂ the first sitting United States President to visit the Western Wall, one ofÂ Judaismâ€™s holiest sites, in Jerusalem: < President Donald Trump placed a note in the Western Wall in Jerusalem on Monday, becoming the first sitting U.S. president to visit one of Judaismâ€™s holiest sites. Trump later called it a â€œgreat honorâ€ to visit the wall, saying, â€œI can see a much deeper path, friendship with Israel.â€ The historic visit is part of Trumpâ€™s efforts to highlight â€œthe need for unity among three of the worldâ€™s great religionsâ€ on his first foreign trip, senior administration officials said. > As this newsÂ circulated on social media, some of the details became obscured. For instance, the Facebook page Patriots for America USAÂ shared an image of Trump at the wall along with a message claiming that he was the â€œfirst U.S. Presidentâ€ to visit the holy site: Barack Obama visited the Western Wall when he was a presidential candidate in 2008; George W. Bush visited the site in 1998, years before becoming president; Bill Clinton visited the wall after leaving office; and George H.W. Bush visited the wall as well, though not while in office.Â Although Trump was the not the first president to visit the Western Wall, he was the firstÂ sittingÂ president to do so.Â
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