Conservative radio host Mark Levin on Friday criticized President Trump’s decision to keep the U.S. Embassy in Israel in Tel Aviv rather that Jerusalem.

“Hugely disappointing,” he tweeted alongside a Conservative Review article calling Trump’s move “a broken campaign promise.” “This Obama legacy remains.”

Hugely disappointing. This Obama legacy remains https://t.co/5exd8IsPSC — Mark R. Levin (@marklevinshow) June 2, 2017

The White House on Thursday said that Trump renewed a waiver the day before keeping the U.S. Embassy in Israel in Tel Aviv instead of relocating it to Jerusalem.

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“No one should consider this step to be in any way a retreat from the president’s strong support for Israel,” the White House said in a statement. “President Trump made this decision to maximize the chances of successfully negotiating a deal between Israel and the Palestinians, fulfilling his solemn obligation to defend America’s national security interests."

“But, as he has repeatedly stated his intention to move the embassy, the question is if that move happens, but only when,” the statement said.

Trump faced a difficult choice between keeping a 2016 campaign pledge and alienating the Palestinians ahead of Thursday’s waiver deadline. Israel views Jerusalem as its undivided capital, while the Palestinians want East Jerusalem as the capital of a future, independent state.

The U.S. does not recognize Jerusalem as Israel’s capital, and presidents from both parties have said its final status should be determined in peace talks.

The 1995 Jerusalem Embassy Act requires the American embassy to move to Jerusalem, but every president since then has signed a six-month waiver delaying the decision.

Trump repeatedly criticized former President Barack Obama Barack Hussein ObamaObama warns of a 'decade of unfair, partisan gerrymandering' in call to look at down-ballot races Quinnipiac polls show Trump leading Biden in Texas, deadlocked race in Ohio Poll: Trump opens up 6-point lead over Biden in Iowa MORE’s treatment of Israel during his election bid, vowing he would improve America’s relationship with it as president.