Bibi and Trump fail upward; pose enduring threat to Israel

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Opinion | Netanyahu and Trump Still Pose an Enduring Threat to Israel and America
Israel's Netanyahu and America's Trump, narcissistic, ethno-nationalist, would-be kings, continue to fail upward despite their toxic legacies. And that sends an important message about our times

The problem with narcissistic, anti-democratic, ethno-nationalist, arsonist would-be kings is that the will of the people is not a very big deal for them. Neither, apparently, is the rule of law or historical precedent.

Sadly, the acute awareness of this fact is yet another bond shared by the people of Israel and the people of the United States.

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https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/.premium-netanyahu-and-trump-still-pose-an-enduring-threat-to-israel-and-america-1.9787010

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1. Trump did not fail upwards

Unless you think a gabby wedding crasher is higher than the President. He and bibi are losers.

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2. a martyr whose second coming is eagerly awaited by millions?

isn't he already the self appointed "chosen one?" "king of the jews?" the prosperity gospel fundies love him.

[WA-03 Democrat]

3. Sure

Two Corinthians

“I never had to ask Jesus for forgiveness because I have not made any mistakes”

Trump interrupted a discussion about religious freedom to complain about Senator Ben Sasse of Nebraska and brag about the taunting nickname he’d devised for him. “I call him Little Ben Sasse,” Trump said. “I have to do it, I’m sorry. That’s when my religion always deserts me.”

He does walk the walk or talk the talk. He could bring that rapture quick though.

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4. NPR

on the timing with all of this...

SIMON: Daniel, why is this happening now? Ramadan, the Israeli elections?

ESTRIN: I think all of the above, Scott. All surrounding Ramadan, there have been a lot of Palestinians in the streets. The city is emerging from the pandemic. And there have been almost nightly clashes between Israeli police and Palestinians. Police saying they were attempting crowd control, but Palestinians say they see this just as an affront to their very existence in the city. I almost drove through a street clash, one of many, two nights ago. Young religious Jewish men throwing stones at Palestinians - I mean, it's just happening all over the city.

And there have just been a series of events - a far-right Israeli march through the city shouting death to Arabs. There have been protests in a neighborhood where Jewish settler groups are claiming ownership rights, Palestinian families slated for possible eviction - on the backdrop of a feeling of a leadership vacuum. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu failed to form a government. His rivals are now trying. That could unseat him, and some pundits are even saying Netanyahu, who's considered Mr. Security, benefits from a rise in tensions, may be somehow luring right-wing politicians to rally around him and to keep him in office...

https://www.npr.org/2021/05/08/995014328/conflict-between-israelis-and-palestinians-continue-in-jerusalem

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