During his election campaign, he promised to move the U.S. embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem.
The White House commented that waiting to do such a move might help to achieve peace between Israel and the Palestinians.
Trump continues to not use the term he frequently challenged others to use during his campaign, “radical Islamic terrorism,” when commenting this week on the attack on Christians in Egypt that killed 25 and wounded as many others.
Attacks on Christians by Muslims are common in Egypt and other Muslim-majority countries in the area.
Trump called those responsible for the attacks “evil organizations of terror with a thuggish ideology.”