Cost Benefit Analysis of Trumper's Jerusalem Decision

All Cost, No Benefit

The decision of an idiot President to recognize Jerusalem as Israel's capital is a simple one to criticize. A rational person looks at a decision and weighs the costs and benefits and takes the appropriate action based on whether or not the benefits exceed the cost.

No one, and we do mean no one, can list any benefit for the U. S. to name Jerusalem as the capital of Israel. It does not help the Jewish people, whose beliefs are part of the head and the heart, not a piece of land. It does not help anyone towards the solution of the Palestinian conflict. It does not help Trumpie politically since anyone fool who supports the decision already supports Trump.

The harm of course is to further distance the Arab world from trusting the U. S. to be a positive player in a settlement of the Mideast conflict. So no benefits and a provocation to Arab extremism. Nice going Donnie.