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[PegnVA]

Three former presidents have espoused their plans to recognize Jerusalem as Israel's capital. - The claim has been made in most modern-day presidential campaigns, but NO president took sides once in office and tried to bully other nations to do as he demanded or he would be "taking names" - the MOTUS did, and it backfired on the U.S. on the public stage.

[janice shell]

Three former presidents have espoused their plans to recognize Jerusalem as Israel's capital. Here is the evidence...

It's one thing to make aspirational statements, and quite another to say you'll actually move the embassy. Everyone knows that. Contrary to what Nikki Haley said, 63% of Americans do NOT want us to move the embassy to Jerusalem.

One way or another, Trump's announcement was pointless, unless his object was to make things in the Middle East even worse than they already are.