Arab allies will acquiesce to the United States relocation of the American embassy to Jerusalem if President Trump decides to make the move, former Ambassador John Bolton predicted Wednesday.

“There’s a lot of rhetoric in public in diplomatic matter that suits the political needs of people who are uttering the words when behind the scenes you’re hearing something different which is, ‘we understand,’” Bolton, a former U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, told a House Oversight and Government Reform panel.