His daughter, Ivanka, unveiled a plaque on location before her husband, Jared Kushner, said in a speech that by moving the American embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem the US had shown that it could be trusted and that it would do what was right.
The opening of the embassy marked the fulfillment of a campaign promise by President Trump, who did not attend the ceremony. "May there be peace," he said in video remarks played for the audience.
