How is this new embassy in Jerusalem ready so quickly?

[Ilsa]

Doesn't it take a long time to build a secure facility like this?

[poli3]

1. Netanyahu pulled out all the stops to help the US

[PoliticAverse]

2. "The new embassy is located in an already existing consular building." n/t

[former9thward]

3. They used a building that the U.S. already owed.

It was not built from the "ground up". It went through some security upgrades but that was it.

[Control-Z]

4. It's basically a room in an existing building.

And they moved the sign.

[Brother Buzz]

5. The Embassy office will be housed in an existing consular services building

A new embassy will be constructed years from now.

[atreides1]

6. It's the former consulate building

This is only temporary, the new embassy is expected to take 10 years to build at the cost of 1 billion dollars!

https://www.vox.com/2018/5/14/17340798/jerusalem-embassy-israel-palestinians-us-trump

[magicarpet]

7. It is a double wide mobile home made out of entirely particle board that has been painted...

.... gun stock gray.Nothing fancy or expensive - just put up quickly before the Palestinians could realize we stabbed them in the back and double crossed them.

[OneBlueDotBama]

8. It's a Sham

They changed some signs. When the Ambassador moves out of his Villa in Tel Aviv, to Jerusalem, let's talk.
Hey everybody, let's leave this jewel on the Med and head inland 90 miles, said no one ever. Let's leave the beaches, views, great nightlife and all our diplomatic friends, functions and schools, oh yes said everyone in unison, said no one ever.

[malaise]

9. Good spot

Made for TV

[Igel]

13. If it's a sham, tell that to the Gazans.

They obviously have a different opinion.

Then again, it's not in "occupied Jerusalem," either.

[woodsprite]

10. Not when you subcontract out to Russians! n/t

[Kirk Lover]

11. Just like everything in this shamininistration is an empty hollow shell. nt

[JustABozoOnThisBus]

12. I would guess most of the diplomatic work will be done ...

... in the former embassy building in Tel Aviv, now called a "consulate", until the new embassy is brought up to "embassy standards", whatever they are (security, communications, etc.)