Jerusalem Plans to Thank Trump by Using His Name

Some 128 countries may be no fan of President Trump's decision on Jerusalem, but Israel obviously is, and it plans to demonstrate its appreciation in a bricks-and-mortar kind of way. 

The AFP reports that Transportation Minister Israel Katz on Tuesday gave the green light to a $700 million plan to further extend a not-yet-open high-speed rail line from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem, bringing it into the Jewish Quarter of the Old City and all the way to the Western Wall. 

There, a new station will be named "Donald John Trump" in a nod to the president's "brave and historic decision."

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