Appeasing this psychotic freak would set a terrible precedent. I’m amazed they’re even considering this; but it’s a measure of how seriously the administration regards the threat of worldwide violence.
Americans like to talk about (or be told about) Democracy but, when put to the test, usually find it to be an 'inconvenience.' We have opted instead for an authoritarian system disguised as a Democracy. We pay through the nose for an enormous joke-of-a-government, let it push us around, and then wonder how all those assholes got in there.