The politics is always better on the other side

The REAL Dumb and Dumber

It never fails. I am always on the wrong side of the ocean.

When I was living in the States, 21 years ago, I paid a lot of attention to the politics of Israel. I followed it more than I followed the politics of the United States.

Bill Clinton was President of the United States. The economy was good. Things were okay. Besides the Lewinsky thing, politics in the US was pretty boring. Clinton was (is) a brilliant man. <yawn>

But the politics in Israel was exciting. The Prime Minister of Israel was Bibi Netanyahu, and he was not good. He was ruining Israel at every turn, and I couldn’t keep my attention away from it. Trump got his “Dividing A Nation” playbook from Bibi. So, I decided that, unlike every other Jew I knew who had a back-seat driver’s opinion on what was best for Israel, I could move there (here) and become part of it. Back up my opinion with action.

That made sense for a long time. Even during the Bush years.

Hello? HELLO?! Can I get a phone that works?!

Then came Trump.

Now, all I do is watch American news on my computer. It has me hooked more than “Game Of Thrones.” The Trump show is an everyday lesson in stupidity and I can’t tear myself away from it.

The addition of the risk of him destroying the world adds to my fascination. There really isn’t a person in his or her right mind who can logically defend what he is doing to the world, and there I am standing with my mouth agape watching the results of the train wreck.

“I’m broke and Russia owns me. What would YOU do?!”

Fortunately, I don’t have to move back to the States to be involved.

I hate moving.

I have dual-citizenship, therefore, I still have my American passport and I still get to vote in all the elections in the United States (well…at least Illinois and Federal). So, right now I have the best of both possible horrible worlds.

Bibi is still stupid and knows that as long as there is a conflict with the Palestinians, he’s assured a job as prime minister. Peace would put him out of a job, and his wife, Sara, would never allow that. She’s not done stealing stuff from the prime minister’s residence.

Trump takes stupidity to a whole new level and he knows that he’s flat broke and owned by Russia. Why he makes it so obvious to the rest of us, I’ll never know.

For the next elections in Israel, I already know what Bibi Netanyahu’s bumper sticker is going to read: “At Least I’m Not As Stupid As Trump.”

It may just get him elected.