Trump is pro-Trump, and anyone who dares interfere with his grift and self-aggrandizement as his term goes forward is subjected to scorn and retaliation. I am sure that Netanyahu saw Trump as a useful idiot to further his own interests,
(Including staying out of prison)malleable and stupid. He did not count on Trump’s evil calculation of how to enhance his own interests regardless of who else pays a price.
This post goes to the crux of the whole thing. There are a lot of things you can call Netanyahu, very few if any of them good. But one thing you can't call him is a fool. The only explanation I can find is that he overestimated his ability to manipulate Don the Con, and underestimated Trump's proclivity to throw partners and allies under the bus when it suits his needs..
Neither did the Afghan government during the last Trump-sponsored "negotiations" of the Doha agreement in Afghanistan. Trump seems to leave critical elements out of negotiations.
Remember that they are both psychopaths. I'm sure Netanyahu thinks he can think rings around the imbecilic tRump, but tRumps cornered-animal mentality right now makes him a very dangerous opponent. Both of them have caught the tiger by the tail and are in for a rough ride... They are dragging all of us along for the ride. I still think Netanyahu has 'dirt' on tRump, likely acquired from Epstein, and might just use it in a fit of pique... that could cause a real row.
"You made a colossal mistake. You failed by signing a surrender agreement with a murderous and cruel terror regime. You severely harmed American interests and the democratic and human values of the enlightened world, and you turned over the hourglass toward the next war, which your successors will have to deal with in the years to come. . . . You did all this in violation of every promise you made, in contradiction to the path you had followed until now, and against the values of America, which was supposed to return to greatness and has now been humiliated into the dust."
Hilarious in an ironic way, but totally true! And an apt epitaph.
It makes me wonder just how tall Trump's headstone will have to be in order to list all of the stupid, senseless "mistakes" and crimes he has committed against our democracy and values over the last 10 years.
The headstone will probably be the tallest edifice he's ever "built" and the only memorial the American people will probably approve of.
The so called 'Christian support' for Israel was always followed by 'Jews are going to be thrown into hell'-- by the people I grew up around. It was never about support for the people of Israel. It was always about their own selfish aims, period. And now, we see the ugly fruit of their heresy and insanity in disastrous US wars and foreign policy.
When a country has an egotistical, corrupt leader, the country is doomed face massive pain and destruction. Both the US and Israel have reached this point, and there's no telling where we will all end up. I hate to quote JD Vance but he's correct that “You can’t just kill your way out of solving every problem.” And when you kill people whose ideas are abhorrent to you, many more people will pick up those ideas and you may end up much worse off. So how did we get here? Civilizations fall when the few people with power collect all wealth for themselves and leave the majority destitute.
I am in agreement here. JD Vance is as two faced as it gets. Pete Hegseth is the other. Both of them are Christian nationalists and they don’t get to define who or what is Pro Israel. Trump has no doubt created a worse situation than what already existed and he has no clue what he’s doing or how to fix it or how to get out of this war he created.
Trump doesn't know how to fix this war, but he does know how to get out of it. Like he has done in the past, mask the current problem with another diversion and walk away. He believes that "baffling us with bullshit" works, which it does for some loyalists, but not for all. His margin of believers is getting thin.
I feel about Israel about the same way I feel about the USA. I admired them in the past, but no longer do. It doesn't mean I want either country obliterated. It means they need to get their shit together.
"...you don’t have to knock down an apartment house every time you’re looking for somebody."
No, but it's okay to have shock troops rappel down to the roof from helicopters, kick in doors, and put zip ties on terrified, half-naked children, right Mr. "President"?
I am so glad you pointed to that abhorrent Chicago apartment ICE raid. Absolutely disgraceful. And now the Republican Congress gives those clowns $70 BILLION more? Don't ever complain about deficits again.
No need to drag this religion or another religion into the brawl between those two fascists.
That drump guy fighting with bibi is the same as if himmler would be fighting with heydrich.
Two genocidal maniacs accusing each other of being a genocidal maniac.
Genocidal maniac drump wants out of Iran (although he would gladly nuke Iran away) but genocidal maniac bibi does not want to stop bombing Libanon thus preventing the way out for genocidal maniac drump.
To be completely clear: drump and bibi are both genocidal maniacs and they both deserve their visit to the International Court in The Hague accompanied by their henchmen.
Small reminder: 'henchmen'
A person who is loyal to and works for someone in a position of authority and is willing to help that person even by hurting others or by committing crimes.
It will get even better. Wait till Netanyahu and Israel realize that Hegseth's Christian Nationalists are just using Israel to get what they want. They are protecting Israel now, but their end time's prophesy says that all Jews (everyone, actually) must convert to Christianity or they will become the "enemy". I certainly hope it won't ever get to that point. Christian Nationalism is a cult and should be taken seriously. Thank you, Jen, for all you do.
Trump can not even play checkers, much less the five-level chess game myth his cult followers attributed to him. Instead, he was simply dog-walked into a disastrous War of Choice led by Netanyahu, Hegseth et al without prior war gaming of how to end this "excursion" of Israeli genocide and meglomania that has now extended to Lebanon. Trump was never about "America First". Trump is just a global con man who is "for sale" and he sold out "We the People" in every which way. Trump = Treason!
Hypocrisy is the GOP’s calling card. They will continue to attack and disparage any non-MAGA as anti-Israel and antisemitic for criticizing Netanyahu, Trump and their supporters for objectively reprehensible conduct imperiling the futures of both Israel and diaspora Jews.
I agree with your assessment, but in essence any Jewish American or Jew anywhere who supports/supported drumpf is/was against the Israeli nation and its people. The Evangelical pro-Israel faction is fiercely antisemitic. drumpf's attacks on Harvard, Columbia, etc., under the cover of protecting Jewish-Americans and Israelis at those institutions, were merely part of his and the right's agenda of delegitimizing learning and research and stifling free expression and critical thinking. A child could see through those pretexts. What Netanyahu and his extreme-right coalition, whose children are protected from going to war, has done is to give a moral stand to antisemites. drumpf's alliance with a would-be dictator (NOT supported by Israel's Supreme Court) has brought about the greatest surge of antisemitism since the 1930s since many antisemites can now pose as progressives.
Trump is pro-Trump, and anyone who dares interfere with his grift and self-aggrandizement as his term goes forward is subjected to scorn and retaliation. I am sure that Netanyahu saw Trump as a useful idiot to further his own interests,
(Including staying out of prison)malleable and stupid. He did not count on Trump’s evil calculation of how to enhance his own interests regardless of who else pays a price.
This post goes to the crux of the whole thing. There are a lot of things you can call Netanyahu, very few if any of them good. But one thing you can't call him is a fool. The only explanation I can find is that he overestimated his ability to manipulate Don the Con, and underestimated Trump's proclivity to throw partners and allies under the bus when it suits his needs..
You don't cut off your nose to spite your face.
https://globalpost.com/stories/us-iran-ceasefire-deal-clouds-netanyahus-reelection-bid/?_bhlid=dd55dd7669df432b1e625b0eb706b41df7340689
Israel did not participate in the negotiations.
Neither did the Afghan government during the last Trump-sponsored "negotiations" of the Doha agreement in Afghanistan. Trump seems to leave critical elements out of negotiations.
"Trump’s evil calculation of how to enhance his own interests regardless of who else pays a price."
Excellent turn of phrase! Trump in a nutshell. (And amazing at this point that some people still don't seem to get it.)
Remember that they are both psychopaths. I'm sure Netanyahu thinks he can think rings around the imbecilic tRump, but tRumps cornered-animal mentality right now makes him a very dangerous opponent. Both of them have caught the tiger by the tail and are in for a rough ride... They are dragging all of us along for the ride. I still think Netanyahu has 'dirt' on tRump, likely acquired from Epstein, and might just use it in a fit of pique... that could cause a real row.
I'm not sure that Netanyahu is a psychopath. I see him more as extremely cynical,and focused on his self-interest.
Netanyahu did misread the weakness of the Iranian regime, as did Trump.
JMO
Anyone willing to kill innocents and commit acts of genocide is a psychopath.
Bitchy, I agree with you, Netanyahu is not a psychopath. I believe he is a sociopath. His primary goal is always self-preservation.
I guess Kushner won’t be building The New Gaza Vision anytime soon…
No doubt.
Well, well. It’s rich to see criticism from a newspaper started by the Adelsons criticizing Trump. Trump donors like the Adelson family own this.
"You made a colossal mistake. You failed by signing a surrender agreement with a murderous and cruel terror regime. You severely harmed American interests and the democratic and human values of the enlightened world, and you turned over the hourglass toward the next war, which your successors will have to deal with in the years to come. . . . You did all this in violation of every promise you made, in contradiction to the path you had followed until now, and against the values of America, which was supposed to return to greatness and has now been humiliated into the dust."
Hilarious in an ironic way, but totally true! And an apt epitaph.
It makes me wonder just how tall Trump's headstone will have to be in order to list all of the stupid, senseless "mistakes" and crimes he has committed against our democracy and values over the last 10 years.
The headstone will probably be the tallest edifice he's ever "built" and the only memorial the American people will probably approve of.
No, he gets buried next to his first wife, under that mound of weeds in the corner of his one of his golf courses.
the picture I saw (alas imaginary) of Trump's headstone said only "Donald Trump. Please wash hands after urinating."
Trump deserves an unmarked grave, matching that of the paupers that he has created.
The so called 'Christian support' for Israel was always followed by 'Jews are going to be thrown into hell'-- by the people I grew up around. It was never about support for the people of Israel. It was always about their own selfish aims, period. And now, we see the ugly fruit of their heresy and insanity in disastrous US wars and foreign policy.
When a country has an egotistical, corrupt leader, the country is doomed face massive pain and destruction. Both the US and Israel have reached this point, and there's no telling where we will all end up. I hate to quote JD Vance but he's correct that “You can’t just kill your way out of solving every problem.” And when you kill people whose ideas are abhorrent to you, many more people will pick up those ideas and you may end up much worse off. So how did we get here? Civilizations fall when the few people with power collect all wealth for themselves and leave the majority destitute.
I am in agreement here. JD Vance is as two faced as it gets. Pete Hegseth is the other. Both of them are Christian nationalists and they don’t get to define who or what is Pro Israel. Trump has no doubt created a worse situation than what already existed and he has no clue what he’s doing or how to fix it or how to get out of this war he created.
Trump doesn't know how to fix this war, but he does know how to get out of it. Like he has done in the past, mask the current problem with another diversion and walk away. He believes that "baffling us with bullshit" works, which it does for some loyalists, but not for all. His margin of believers is getting thin.
I feel about Israel about the same way I feel about the USA. I admired them in the past, but no longer do. It doesn't mean I want either country obliterated. It means they need to get their shit together.
"...you don’t have to knock down an apartment house every time you’re looking for somebody."
No, but it's okay to have shock troops rappel down to the roof from helicopters, kick in doors, and put zip ties on terrified, half-naked children, right Mr. "President"?
The pot calling the kettle black...
I am so glad you pointed to that abhorrent Chicago apartment ICE raid. Absolutely disgraceful. And now the Republican Congress gives those clowns $70 BILLION more? Don't ever complain about deficits again.
No need to drag this religion or another religion into the brawl between those two fascists.
That drump guy fighting with bibi is the same as if himmler would be fighting with heydrich.
Two genocidal maniacs accusing each other of being a genocidal maniac.
Genocidal maniac drump wants out of Iran (although he would gladly nuke Iran away) but genocidal maniac bibi does not want to stop bombing Libanon thus preventing the way out for genocidal maniac drump.
To be completely clear: drump and bibi are both genocidal maniacs and they both deserve their visit to the International Court in The Hague accompanied by their henchmen.
Small reminder: 'henchmen'
A person who is loyal to and works for someone in a position of authority and is willing to help that person even by hurting others or by committing crimes.
It will get even better. Wait till Netanyahu and Israel realize that Hegseth's Christian Nationalists are just using Israel to get what they want. They are protecting Israel now, but their end time's prophesy says that all Jews (everyone, actually) must convert to Christianity or they will become the "enemy". I certainly hope it won't ever get to that point. Christian Nationalism is a cult and should be taken seriously. Thank you, Jen, for all you do.
to be fair, any religion is a cult capable of harming non-believers
Amazing what these two are willing to do just to stay out of jail...
So well said! Trump’s overall con is falling apart in all kinds of ways.
I prefer to label them as Nationalist Christians, or, for short, the Nat-Cs.
how about the crapees ?
Trump can not even play checkers, much less the five-level chess game myth his cult followers attributed to him. Instead, he was simply dog-walked into a disastrous War of Choice led by Netanyahu, Hegseth et al without prior war gaming of how to end this "excursion" of Israeli genocide and meglomania that has now extended to Lebanon. Trump was never about "America First". Trump is just a global con man who is "for sale" and he sold out "We the People" in every which way. Trump = Treason!
Thank you, Jen.
Hypocrisy is the GOP’s calling card. They will continue to attack and disparage any non-MAGA as anti-Israel and antisemitic for criticizing Netanyahu, Trump and their supporters for objectively reprehensible conduct imperiling the futures of both Israel and diaspora Jews.
I agree with your assessment, but in essence any Jewish American or Jew anywhere who supports/supported drumpf is/was against the Israeli nation and its people. The Evangelical pro-Israel faction is fiercely antisemitic. drumpf's attacks on Harvard, Columbia, etc., under the cover of protecting Jewish-Americans and Israelis at those institutions, were merely part of his and the right's agenda of delegitimizing learning and research and stifling free expression and critical thinking. A child could see through those pretexts. What Netanyahu and his extreme-right coalition, whose children are protected from going to war, has done is to give a moral stand to antisemites. drumpf's alliance with a would-be dictator (NOT supported by Israel's Supreme Court) has brought about the greatest surge of antisemitism since the 1930s since many antisemites can now pose as progressives.