I want to thank Donuel for providing this one thread for much of the Trump invective. It is a useful effort to keep other threads from disintegrating into many divisive petty battles. And this thread hasn't been all that bad. I didn't want to add heat unnecessarily so here is my contribution.
I think there is a great likelihood that we, in this thread, disagree on the Jerusalem issue but we can agree that the delivery of the Trump 'message' on this issue is calculated to divide, not unite, and confuse, not enlighten.
He has a gift for sowing chaos and keeping a constant attaboy refrain from his very own Amen Corner. And keeping a never-ending chorus of outrage from multiple corners.
He can keep on doing this, he thinks, as long as his Amen Corner is united and his outraged opponents are uncoordinated.
One of the many troubles of the times is that he is not providing any real useful leadership services in the meantime. We are not getting anything we can build on.
The key to surviving him is to 'keep calm and carry on' with a consistent message of rational thought and judgment, EVEN and ESPECIALLY through our disagreements. If you can viddy "The Monsters Are Due on Maple Street" one of Rod Serling's Twilight Zone episodes you'll get the picture.
But let us not forget that Donald Trump is not playing with a full deck. In the end, he won't have been good for ANYBODY.

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This thread has been moderated to keep it on topic; trolling has not been tolerated. The Israel question has been addressed sufficiently. ---mudelf