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U.S. President Donald Trump addresses the Israeli parliament, the Knesset, in Jerusalem on Monday.

The American Revolution hero Marquis de Lafayette of France made history in 1824 as the first foreigner to speak to the United States Congress. John F. Kennedy made history when he told members of Parliament in Ottawa in 1961 that “geography has made us neighbours. History has made us friends.” Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky made history when he spoke in recent years to seven foreign legislative bodies in person and to three dozen others online.

But few, if any, speeches to a foreign legislature have had the weight of history that was carried by Donald Trump’s appearance at the Knesset Monday.

There he spoke to what he called “the cherished citizens of Israel,” was trea

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