Trump’s Democratic and Republican predecessors had all worried that recognizing Jerusalem as the Israeli capital before a final Israeli-Palestinian deal would hinder peace negotiations. But now that the 2020 race for U.S. president is underway, the party’s candidates are silent on the question of Jerusalem — and the Democratic foreign policy establishment is skeptical that reversing Trump’s decision is a fight the next Democratic president will want to pick. Withdrawing Trump’s recognition of Jerusalem could be politically damaging to a future Democratic president. A new president might not want to seem like he or she is abandoning what Trump pitched as an act of bravery. He scored cheers — and he, his boss and other Republicans will probably be using that applause line for a long, long time.

Source: Huffington Post April 10, 2019 15:22 UTC