Trump's decision to recognize Jerusalem as Israel's capital is a terrible, terrible idea. It will inflame the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and lead to increased animosity towards America in the Arab world.
What if that's the point? One theory about Trump is that he's an expert at distraction. With Mueller circling, why not create a crisis? If Americans die in a terrorist attack that is a retaliation for this...doesn't that justify all of Trump's virulent anti-Islamic statements? Don't you think Trump is secretly craving a 9/11 of his own?
Or maybe, he's really just good at distracting himself. Maybe he wants to do all these crazy things - most of which are touchstones of the Far Right - to prove that he's a big boy president who can do big boy things.
I don't know which is more depressing.
Oh, and fuck you, Republicans, for saddling us with this bloated orange meatsack.
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