caretaker

Except he has to do it almost weekly.

moneypenny20

Fify.

Siouxie

Is there no end to his madness?

https://www.theguardian.com/world/20...rusalem-speech

" Trump to plunge Middle East into 'fire with no end' with Jerusalem speech "

Paul_Shepherd

Stupidity at its finest. Palestine and Israel have been tearing lumps out of each other for eons, its an irresolvable issue, why doesn't he just keep his beak out if he can't do anything constructive.

dbd33

It's certainly entertaining to watch him. All those decades of statesmen acting in a prudent manner, avoiding nuclear war and stoking up conflict, foreign or domestic, chugging along with convention wisdom such as denouncing paedophiles and preserving America's beauty, and now we have a complete change.

It's a little unfortunate that the fate of the world now hinges on all his predecessors having been wrong. I would not have bet on Bush, Reagan, Carter and Obama agreeing on something and it being wrong.

Almost Canadian

I am surprised no one has mentioned Trump's "win" in the US Supreme Court. Actually, I'm not.

dbd33

The counter argument is that not doing anything hasn't brought lasting peace to the region so let's shake this shit up, what's the worst that could happen?

dbd33

His tax package is the bigger "win", is it not? That'll change things for decades, the Muslim ban will last, at most, for a few years.

dave_j

Trump is only carrying on the US tradition of pretending to be an honest broker whilst overtly supporting Israel's decades old strategy of acquiring land.

At least he's being honest, even if it'll be a disaster. It simply exposes US policy to the daylight from out of the shadows.

Danny B

Cannot wait to read his tweets about 'bakers rights' and gay couples.

Almost Canadian

Possibly. I simply assumed that, in light of the fact that some noted the decisions of the lower Courts striking it down, for completeness, they would have commented upon how the Supreme Court overturned those decisions.

Jingsamichty

No great surprise given the partisan nature of the Supreme Court.

Almost Canadian

It was decided 7-2. I thought the received wisdom was that 5 of them were "frothing loon right wingers" and 4 of them were "pinko lefties". Maybe they simply followed the law.

Oakvillian

Indeed. But let's be clear: the ruling has allowed the ban to be enforced pending the remaining hearings into the substantive issues over the constitutionality of the ban. From the Guardian report, so as pinko-left as you wish:

Paul_Shepherd

True, however throwing a molotov cocktail on the fire doesn't help either! A negotiated sharing of the capital was the only real chance or some form of peace, if that were ever possible.

I suppose similar to the power sharing agreement of the Northern Ireland parliament, but that did come at the price of submitting to terrorists.