Mr. Zigzag

To the UK, France, and Canada: Go Shove it.

You sanctimonious, hypocritical cowards. How dare you threaten the one Jewish state on earth—after everything your nations did to us. You dare speak of “humanitarian values” while standing on piles of Jewish bones your ancestors buried beneath cobblestones, cathedrals, and charters of “civilized”nations.

Britain

You issued the Balfour Declaration and then slammed the door on Jewish refugees fleeing the Nazis. You handed chunks of Jewish land to Arab monarchs and let Jews die in the Holocaust rather than let them enter your precious Mandate. You interned Holocaust survivors in Cyprus like they were criminals.

France

Liberte, Egalite, fraternite—unless you’re a Jew. You deported over 75,000 Jews to their deaths during the Holocaust with the full cooperation of the French regime. You let them be shoved into cattle cars from the Vel d’Hiv while Parisians watched. And after the war? No justice. No reckoning. Just decades of indifference and empty words. You are morally bankrupt and culturally collapsing. Go lecture someone else while your republic burns.

Canada

Oh Canada-America’s cold, smug, spineless cousin. Your “moral high ground” is a snow-covered hill of lies. You locked Jewish refugees out during the Holocaust. The ship St. Louis begged for your mercy. You sent them back to– die. “None is too many,” your officials said. That’s your legacy. Your history. You host terrorists in suits and call it diplomacy. Here is our response.

We’re not broken, stateless Jews of 1942. We’re the sovereign people of Israel—armed, aware, and unapologetic. We don’t need your permission to live. You allowed Jewish blood to soak your soil for centuries. Israel doesn’t need your empty Western democracy. Go shove your resolutions where the son doesn’t shine. We’re not going anywhere. And next time you dare threaten the Jewish state—Remember who we are now.

One can find none better than Victor Davis Hanson in understanding President Trump. His book, “The Case for Trump has just been updated. “The Case for Trump” offers advise in comprehending the faults and achievements of the President. Hanson advises people to take a historical perspective and not the media narrative—in evaluating the activities and policy outcomes of the Trump Administration on key issues such as judicial appointments, energy, economic growth, jobs and foreign policy.

What did Trump see in the American electorate in 2016 that none else did?
Hanson: A sense that culturally the Left was taking the country into radical territory that was beginning to frighten half the electorate, while establishment Republicans were wedded to an economic orthodoxy unsympathetic to the hallowed out red interior.

Why does he incur such disdain?
Hanson: A number of reasons. Personality, he can be cruel and even crude in repartee. His accent, dress and comportment, grate on the elite of the coasts as unpresidential. His business past is hardly comparable to that of past presidents. In someone who looks, sounds and acts like Trump is not supposed to be successful in a way many in the past have not been.

Are Trump and his behavior different from that of past presidents?

Hanson: Yes and no. Ostensibly, he is our 1st president without prior military or political experience, and acts in his words “new presidential” [tweeting endlessly, ad hominem attacks too easy accessibility to the press, thin skinned and non-ending campaign rallies.]

Are the Trump Administration’s policies good for America and the people who voted for him, and if so why?
Hanson: In particular, goals once are now feasible , as we see with rising real wages, steady increases in manufacturing jobs and less offshoring and outsourcing in the once written of red interior.

On policies, do you think we get too much more media coverage of political personalities and Trump’s behavior than the actual policies being rolled out?
Hanson: Well I think most Americans do. If we collate the unprecedented 90% negative media, the celebrity assassination-chic outbursts, the efforts to sue about voting machines, to subvert the Electoral College voting to stymie Trump initiatives in the courts to introduce articles of impeachment to invoke the Logan Act, the Emoluments Clause and the 25th Amendment to unleash the 2 year long special counsels “collusion investigation, and the administrative states attempt under the FBI’s Andrew McCabe and Rod Rosenstein at the DOJ to enact a silent coup, we have never seen such an effort to discredit and to remove an elected president.

Its quite scary that Trump’s enemies could not wait until 2020 but the moment he was elected sought to use almost any means necessary to remove him well apart from 100% legislative resistance from the Democratic Party, which has since been superseded by a new generation of genuine radical neo-socialists.

Is there a Trump doctrine?
Hanson: Trump’s Agenda abroad is increasingly aimed at containing China in economic, political and military ways and forcing it to play international commercial rules—before its economic clout, population, military and capital redefine the postwar global order on quite different and scary terms.

Beyond the genius of Victor Davis Hanson, is it true that Trump has been distancing himself from Netanyahu? There is substantial evidence that Donald Trump has been distancing himself from Netanyahu in recent months, both in terms of personal rapport and policy alignment.

According to Allen Frances during September 6, 2017, diagnosing President Donald Trump, his alleged mental disorder has become a popular pastime, not just among mental professionals but also among politicians, journalists, pundits, comedians, and ordinary people gathered at coffee breaks.

Trump’s consistently bizarre sayings and doings have triggered a bill to establish a commission “on presidential capacity” and a suggestion that the president be removed from office via the 25th Amendment on the grounds that he is mentally unfit to be president.

Dr. Phil’s Comments After Interviewing President Trump.

Summary of Dr. Phil’s Remarks.

After his interview with President Trump, Dr. Phil offered a nuanced perspective on Trump’s presidency and personal character, focusing on both accomplishments and areas of concern.

On Trump’s Presidency and Decisions.

Dr. Phil acknowledged that President Trump did not make all the right decisions but emphasized that Trump has the opportunity to correct mistakes and “make every decision right”. He described Trump’s 1st 100 days in office as “nothing short of impressive” highlighting that Trump is making bold changes that many presidents would not attempt . Dr. Phil stated, “America asked for change and he’s creating change and I’m going to watch and I’m going to see whether it all works or whether it doesn’t work.”

Conclusion.

Dr. Phil’s remarks after interviewing President Trump reflected a mix of praise for Trump’s willingness to enact change, insistence on accountability, and public attention to Trump’s faith and survival. He positioned himself as an observer who will continue to scrutinize the administration’s actions and outcomes.

Chatham House 15 May, 2025.

Trump’s Gulf tour exposes Netanyahu’s increasingly isolated position on Gaza. Growing differences with the US president over the war in Gaza and the new government in Syria are compounding domestic pressure on the Israeli prime minister.

While Arab states and Trump’s aides are increasingly vocal about ending the Gaza conflict and incorporating Syria into the Abraham Accords framework, the long-time Israeli leader continues to vow expanded military operations in Gaza and maintains a belligerent posture towards Syria.

The war in Gaza has lasted for nearly 600 days, and it is unclear when Israel plans to end its operations. While Strategic Affairs Minister Ron Dermer recently said the war would be over within a year, a security official told Israeli media it would take “at least 2 years of intense fighting.”

Polls consistently show almost 70% of Israelis prioritize the release of the hostages over continued military operations. Additionally, approximately 61% support normalization with Saudi Arabia. The US President now appears to have shifted away from blanket support for Israel’s military operations. He recently said he was finding the current situation in Gaza challenging, reportedly telling donors that finding a solution was hard because “they had been fighting for a 1,000 years.” This is a departure from his previous threat that “all hell is going to break out,” if Hamas did not release “all the hostages” within 24 hours.

Netanyahu now faces a stark choice—His decision will shape not only his political legacy, but also Israel’s place in a rapidly evolving regional order.

Returning to Allen Frances, Trump’s disagreeable traits in no way indicate that he is mentally ill. Instead, they reveal him to be the ruthless self- promoter he has always been, now poorly cloaked in fake populist clothing. Assigning psychological disorders to Trump is not only wrong, but futile. VP Pence, the Cabinet, and Congress would never invoke the 25th Amendment because it would amount to political suicide for everyone concerned and for the Republican Party.

The Times of Israel, published, “Israeli envoy to US accuses Netanyahu’s political opponent of “blood libel” on 24 May, 2025. The “envoy” is Ambassador Yecheil Leiter who accused “the extreme left and the media” of doing everything possible to topple PM Benjamin Netanyahu.

In continuance, he says, “I’ve known the Prime Minster for 40 years. He’s a sensitive man who cares about people. Prolong a war? What kind of insanity is that? How dare they say something as malicious as that? He wants the war to end, but in victory because he carries the weight of the Jewish people on his shoulders. He was in court the week that he was planning the operation in Lebanon. Over what accusation? That we ordered submarines from Germany, and why was it from Germany and not from elsewhere? And these are all trumped-up charges. It has to stop.”

Yolande Knell, a BBC journalist authored, “Netanyahu: A shrewd leader who reshaped Israel” on 13 June 2021. He commences with, “He had been called ‘the King of Israel’ and ‘the great survivor’ for a generation. Benjamin Netanyahu, or ‘Bibi’, as he is popularly known, dominated Israeli politics. Known for his combative style, the country’s longest-serving leader played a key role in its drift to a more right-wing, nationalist outlook.

On the international scene, he has been the face of Israel, speaking in fluent US accented English and ensuring his small country punches above its weight. For one biographer, a main part of Mr. Netanyahu’s legacy has been to oversee a change which ””totally shifts the paradigm” away from seeing Israel through the prism of its long-standing conflict with the Palestinians.

“It was seen as the key to solving all the problems of the Middle East” says Anshel Pfeffer, author of ‘Bibi: The Turbulent Life and Times of Benjamin Netanyahu. “That’s Despite being further away from ever solving the conflict. He has had 4 diplomatic agreements with Arab states, Israel has got better relations with the world and, prior to COVID, there was a decade of uninterrupted economic growth.”

Mr. Netanyahu had appealed to voters by strongly opposing the peace talks, which he saw as jeopardizing Israel’s security. But once in power, he gave in to pressure from Washington to sign further deals with Palestinian leaders, which ultimately led to the collapse of his first right – wing government.

He burnished his security credentials , criticizing concessions to the Palestinians including Israel’s withdrawal from the Gaza Strip and several West Bank settlements.

Returned to power in 2009, Mr. Netanyahu expressed qualified support for an independent Palestinian state, with the condition that it would have to be demilitarized and formally recognize Israel as a Jewish state.

Palestinian leaders rejected those terms and on Mr. Netanyahu’s watch, Israel’s presence continued to grow in the occupied West Bank. In 2014, there was international criticism of the high number of Palestinians killed in a large-scale military operation to stop rocket fire into southern Israel. That raised tensions with the Obama administration which were already building over its Iran policy.

In early 2015, as the US led talks to curb Iran’s nuclear ambitions, Mr. Netanyahu angered the president by going behind his back to address the US Congress directly. He told lawmakers a prospective deal posed a grave threat, not only to Israel but to the peace of the entire world.

The US recognized Jerusalem as Israel’s capital, moving its embassy from Tel Aviv, overturning decades of US policy and international consensus. Those moves infuriated the Palestinians –who want East Jerusalem as the capital of their own hoped for state—and caused them to break off ties with Washington.

The Americans also withdrew from the 2015 Iran nuclear pact, in a step hailed by Mr. Netanyahu.

He took personal credit for the diplomatic developments, along with historic deals, brokered by the US, to normalize relations with Arab League countries: the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain, Sudan, and Morocco.

An important development. May 27, 2025/JNS: Trump’s apparent snub of Netanyahu may send a dangerous message by Joseph Puder. He recognized Netanyahu learning a fundamental imperative in international relations—namely, that among nations, there are no permanent friendships, only perceived interests.

Particularly during the last Mideast trip, it seems as if President Trump –perhaps on the advice of Vice President JD Vance, who Axios reported skipped visiting the Jewish state, and former Fox News host and media personality Tucker Carlson, who had been on record for antisemitic rhetoric—-turned away from Israel in a series of moves.

“The slights began with Trump’s undeserved praise of the Turkish dictator Recep Tayyip Erdogen, made in front of Netanyahu during a recent visit to the White House. The president subsequently entered into negotiations with Iran, a deal that might leave Israel facing an existential threat from the Islamic Regime.”

Trump’s push to solidify support around Turkey, sever the connection of US-Saudi deal with Saudi-Israel normalization, terminating the war with the Houthis without restoring full freedom of the seas accepting the Israel only exception, and a Middle East tour without a stop in America’s greatest ally in the world, Israel, provides serious concerns for what the regional ‘shift’ really represents.

Now Trump has noted he is looking to end the war in Gaza too. Presently, the central aspects of Trump’s policy seems to be centered around the Gulf States, leaving Israel somewhat isolated to its disadvantage.

All of this ignores the fact that all of Trump’s leverage in the region has come from the strategic upsets which were brought about by Israel’s actions which have collapsed the Iranian power base throughout the region. This
will have unfortunate consequences for both the US and Israel.

On the other hand, Netanyahu knows that if the IDF does not utterly destroy Hamas, they will be back for a 6th war. He also recalls Jan 6, 2021 when Mike Pence rejected Trump’s call to overcome Biden’s election. [Trump’s action was obviously totally criminal].