He should go back to making WWF videos

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Ophelia Benson

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Not happy.

In the West Bank city of Ramallah, there were harsh words for Mr. Trump from Palestinians agitated at the idea that they were being forced into another period of conflict.

“We will never allow East Jerusalem to be taken away from us,” said a retired farmer who gave his name as Abu Malik, 54. “Trump is a crazy man who knows nothing about politics. I think he should go back to making WWF videos, rather than making these dangerous decisions that will only bring more headaches and bloodshed to our region.”

Maysa Hanoun, 20, a student at Al-Quds Open University, said she believed recognition of Jerusalem as Israel’s capital would set off a third intifada. “He really doesn’t know what he’s getting himself into,” she said of Mr. Trump. “The Palestinians will unite and raise hell.”

Palestinian officials were weighing whether to go so far as to cut off contact with the Trump administration, calling him so biased toward Israel that he had effectively disqualified himself from playing peacemaker.

“We were very close to receiving an offer for peace from the Americans,” Majdi Khaldi, an adviser to Mr. Abbas said in a telephone interview. “We want to be positive and to be partners to the U.S., and to all parties that want to make peace, but this act is making it very difficult to continue with business as usual. Really, we want to make a historic peace with the Israelis, but that is not the way.”

Don’t worry. Trump knows best.

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8 responses to “He should go back to making WWF videos”

  1. Jeff Engel Avatar
    Jeff Engel

    If he’s thinking at all – which is a big if – I suspect it runs along the lines of signalling he’s really, really “pro-Israel” by ticking off Palestinians (and having no concept that Arab-Israeli peace isn’t a matter of one side utterly, totally “winning”). Or, that a “good” decision is one that other people have consistently rejected for reasons that he can’t be bothered to follow.

  2. David Avatar
    David

    Why would anyone think an “Ayrab” would know more about Jerusalem than the master of all the best words, the biggest IQ in history, and a pussy grabber par excellence?

    If only he could build a wall and keep all the Ayrabs and Jooze out (unless they work in his shiny hotel).

    /sarc

  3. iknklast Avatar
    iknklast

    David, while he’s at it, maybe his shiny new wall could manage to keep out all libruls, too.

    /s

  4. Silentbob Avatar
    Silentbob

    (off topic)

    Did you see this?

    http://time.com/time-person-of-the-year-2017-silence-breakers/

    (It’s rhetorical, off course you saw this. I fucking love it.)

    (/off topic)

  5. Silentbob Avatar
    Silentbob

    Discussions of sexual harassment in polite company tend to rely on euphemisms: harassment becomes “inappropriate behavior,” assault becomes ­”misconduct,” rape becomes “abuse.” We’re accustomed to hearing those softened words, which downplay the pain of the experience. That’s one of the reasons why the Access Hollywood tape that surfaced in October 2016 was such a jolt. The language used by the man who would become America’s 45th President, captured on a 2005 recording, was, by any standard, vulgar. He didn’t just say that he’d made a pass; he “moved on her like a bitch.” He didn’t just talk about fondling women; he bragged that he could “grab ’em by the pussy.”

    That Donald Trump could express himself that way and still be elected President is part of what stoked the rage that fueled the Women’s March the day after his Inauguration. It’s why women seized on that crude word as the emblem of the protest that dwarfed Trump’s Inauguration crowd size. “All social movements have highly visible precipitating factors,” says Aldon Morris, a professor of sociology at Northwestern University. “In this case, you had Harvey Weinstein, and before that you had Trump.”

    Good morning, Mr President.

  6. Silentbob Avatar
    Silentbob

    (Sorry, I see you already posted about this. D’oh.) :-/

  7. Acolyte of Sagan Avatar
    Acolyte of Sagan

    It’s kicking off on the West Bank already. Israeli forces using guns, tear gas and water cannons. It’s going to get worse. Much, much worse.

  8. RJW Avatar
    RJW

    @7

    Yes, and since the Israelis have the advantage of overwhelming force, we all how how it will end.

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