Trump set to torch the Middle East for America's religious right

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By Tim Hume and Greg Walters

Dec 6, 2017
Donald Trump is expected to recognize Jerusalem as Israel’s capital Wednesday, an appeal to his domestic base that will likely set off a furious reaction across the Muslim world and doom hopes for a two-state solution, experts say.

Despite warnings from world leaders and from members of his own cabinet, Trump is due to deliver a speech at 1 p.m. ET Wednesday from the White House in which he will recognize the disputed city as Israel’s capital, and set in motion a process for the U.S. embassy to relocate from Tel Aviv, according to officials.

“The president believes this is a recognition of reality,” said an official who briefed reporters on the impending announcement Tuesday.

“We’re going forward on the basis of a truth that is undeniable. It’s just a fact.” The official said that moving the embassy was expected to take a matter of years.

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https://news.vice.com/story/trump-jerusalem-announcement-israel

[Turbineguy]

1. Trump is trying to get help

from ISIS.

[dalton99a]

2. And hazard of conflict in the Middle East keeps oil prices high, which is good for Putin

[hatrack]

3. Poor Jared - he was so close to a lasting peace!

[Iliyah]

4. Yep, religous and race wars

[genxlib]

5. In addition to all of the political and foreign policy implications

I can imagine this will cost billions to implement. For the size of embassy needed and the security protocols that will be required, it has to be in the billions.

Of all the controversial and ill-conceived things he has done, this may be one of the worst. There will be backlash that is definitively linked to this policy. In short, it will have a body count.

[TBA]

6. Upheaval in the Middle East is the wet dream of the Evangelicals

It is a prophesy that must occur before the rapture.