President Trump’s Wednesday announcement to move the U.S. embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem and recognize the holy city as the capital of Israel should come as a surprise. Not because of the controversy involved in the process, but because he became the first president to actually deliver on this particular campaign promise.

Previous presidents like Bill Clinton, George W. Bush, and Barack Obama all pledged to make Jerusalem the capital of Israel before they were sworn into office.

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